Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK), a healthcare company, Wednesday announced that the FDA has accepted to review the Biologics License Application or BLA for its investigational ragweed pollen, Ambrosia artemisiifolia sublingual allergy immunotherapy tablet. Further, the company added on that the FDA had also accepted the BLA for its investigational Timothy grass pollen or Phleum pratense, sublingual allergy immunotherapy tablet. Merck expects the FDA's review for both to be completed in the first half of 2014.
The BLA for Merck's investigational ragweed pollen sublingual allergy immunotherapy tablet is supported by five studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of the tablet in adults, 18 years of age or older, with ragweed induced allergic rhinitis. Merck has partnered with ALK-Abello to develop its sublingual allergy immunotherapy tablets, timothy grass pollen and house dust mite in North America.
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