Roche Says FDA Grants Priority Review to Actemra for COVID-19

A logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche in Rotkreuz, Switzerland, on April 12, 2012. (Michael Buholzer/Reuters)

ZURICH—Roche said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug administration granted priority review to its Actemra/RoActemra for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults.

“If approved, Actemra/RoActemra would be the first U.S. FDA-approved immunomodulator for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients,” Roche said in a statement, adding that more than 1 million people hospitalized with COVID-19 had been treated with Actemra/RoActemra worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic.