Evolving challenges will keep the COVID-19 pipeline active, while oncology, immunology and CNS are areas also expected to see much progress in 2022. Industry executives look forward to the year in therapeutic R&D.

In a series on articles, Scrip takes a look at some of the key novel products expected to reach the market in 2022 in a cross-section of therapy areas. Here, with input from Biomedtracker, are six new anti-infectives expected to reach the market for the first time next year, all with an above average likelihood of approval.

When the Swiss company files RBX2660 in the US later this year to reduce recurrences of Clostridioides difficile infection, it will be the first time any firm has tried to get a non-antibiotic product approved to address an infectious disease. Ferring president Per Falk tells Scrip about the 35-year journey to get to this stage and why standardization is key when it comes to microbiome-based therapy.

The promise of microbiome-based therapeutics to treat a variety of diseases has become a hot topic and the first to get to market will be targeting Clostridioides difficile infection. Ferring and its subsidiary Rebiotix are in pole position.