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• The EMA’s CHMP has granted a positive opinion- recommending MAA for nintedanib to treat SSc-ILD in adults. The positive opinion is based on P-III SENSCIS study assessing nintedanib (150mg- bid) vs PBO in 576 patients with SSc-ILD across 32+ countries
• The P-III SENSCIS results demonstrated a 44% loss of pulmonary function as measured in FVC- skin thickness as measured by the change in mRSS and QoL measured by SGRQ @52wks.
• Nintedanib is an approved therapy in 70+ countries for the treatment of patients with IPF and has received FDA’s approval as the first therapy to slow the rate of decline in pulmonary function in patients with SSc-ILD in Sept’2019

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