The approval was based on results from a number of Phase III studies, including COMMODORE 3, which was conducted in China, and the global COMMODORE 2 trial. The therapy utilises Chugai’s recycling antibody technology, allowing crovalimab to bind to the C5 antigen repeatedly, enabling sustained complement inhibition at a low dose.
Regulatory applications for crovalimab are also under review in the US, Europe and Japan.