Mirikizumab (Omvoh) – An IL-23 Antagonist for Crohn's Disease
The injectable interleukin (IL)-23 antagonist mirikizumab-mrkz (Omvoh – Lilly) is now FDA-approved for treatment of moderately to severely active Crohn's disease (CD) in adults. Mirikizumab was approved in 2023 for treatment of ulcerative colitis.1 Two other IL-23 antagonists, risankizumab (Skyrizi) and guselkumab (Tremfya),2 are also approved for treatment of CD.
Publication Details
- Journal
- The medical letter on drugs and therapeutics/The medical letter
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.58347/tml.2025.1728d
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.82