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• Health Canada approved Ofev (nintedanib) as the first and only treatment- indicated to slow the rate of decline in pulmonary function in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease
• The approval is based P-III SENSCIS study assessing Ofev vs PBO in 576 patients with SSc-ILD across 32 countries including Canada- resulted in slowing loss of pulmonary function by 44% as measured by FVC over 52wks.
• Ofev is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor- currently approved in 70+ countries including Canada for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and received FDA’s for approval for treating SSc-ILD

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