Bill Sibold - Sanofi
Analyst · Exane. Please go ahead.
Great. So, Luisa, its Bill. Thank you very much for the question. So, let me start with asthma and our thoughts on the label here. We're really excited about this label. We think it's the broadest asthma label. We think that we have the best efficacy. We've got a unique mechanism of action. We have the ability to work in comorbidities of Type 2 disease, and we're the most convenient. So I think, on all those fronts, we feel very comfortable that we can compete not only by having, we think, the broader label, but we think that our efficacy really stands out. And one of the things I'll point to in the label as well is this indication for OCS-dependent patients. That is something that makes us quite unique. And again I think it's – and that is irrespective of the eosinophil level. So, overall, we're excited on all those fronts. And I will recall, as I said from the convenience perspective, we're a subcu administration. And if you look at the others, they are all IV administration. So that will be certainly very convenient for patients. Just regarding a little bit about the question of how is Dupixent doing overall? I think you heard from Olivier, we continue to have very positive trends in atopic dermatitis. More than 63,000 patients have been prescribed Dupixent in the U.S. and we have just strong across all of our metrics results – continued results here. So, about 600 new patients are receiving a filled Dupixent prescription on a weekly basis. We've got breadth in prescribers. Over 12,000 prescribers now. And the thing that I really like to look at is the number of prescriptions per physician and about 68% of the prescribers have written at least two prescriptions, 51% have written at least three, and about 40% have written at least four. So that's a good sense of the breadth. Regarding turning into 2019, we expect strong coverage still. Now, I will remind you that we are just starting with asthma. We are in payer discussions. We would expect to, this quarter, to be able to announce some progress on our payer discussions. And clearly, as we get into Q1 and Q2 of next year, we think that we will have progressed pretty deeply with being able to give an update on where we stand. But we're expecting quite favorable coverage with Dupixent.