Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Omvoh® (mirikizumab-mrkz) for the treatment of moderately to severely active Crohn's disease in adults.

Eli Lilly has claimed FDA approval for its IL-23 inhibitor Omvoh as a treatment for moderately to severely active Crohn's disease, extending its use beyond ulcerative colitis (UC) for the first time.

Indianapolis-based Lilly announced Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Omvoh for the treatment of moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease in adults. Omvoh is now approved in the U.

Eli Lilly has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Omvoh (mirikizumab-mrkz) to treat moderately to severely active Crohn's disease in the adult population. This is the second inflammatory bowel disease indication for the therapy in the US,

The FDA has approved Omvoh for the treatment of moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease, making it the second interleukin-23p19 specific inhibitor approved for both major types of inflammatory bowel disease,

FDA approves Eli Lilly's Omvoh for Crohn's disease, showing strong Phase 3 results in clinical remission and intestinal healing over two years.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly's Omvoh (mirikizumab-mrkz) for the treatment of moderately to severely active Crohn's disease in adults.

The drug is already approved in the US to treat ulcerative colitis, another form of inflammatory bowel disease

Eli Lilly and Company LLY announced that the FDA has granted approval to its drug, Omvoh (mirikizumab), for its second inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) condition, Crohn's disease (“CD”), in the United States.