New Indication Alert: Health Canada Approves AbbVie’s Rinvoq® (upadacitinib) for Moderate to Severe Crohn’s Disease

On 17 October 2023, AbbVie announced that Health Canada has approved its Rinvoq® (upadacitinib) to for new indication: moderate to severely active Crohn’s disease.  This follows the recent Canadian approval (9 May 2023), of Rinvoq® for the treatment of Active Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis.

The FDA approved Rinvoq® for moderate to severely active Crohn’s disease on 18 May 2023.