Novartis' ligelizumab outperforms Roche's Xolair in chronic urticaria clearance

Novartis has pulled back the curtain on new Phase 2b data for its IgE/FceR1 pathway-blocking drug ligelizumab, showing that the therapy outperformed Roche’s Xolair (omalizumab) in key metrics as a treatment for chronic spontaneous urticaria in patients whose symptoms are inadequately controlled by H1-antihistamines.