The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Insmed's daily bronchiectasis pill, brensocatib, which will be sold under the brand name Brinsupri.

The FDA granted approval to brensocatib for treating adults and children aged at least 12 years with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, marking the first treatment approved for this indication, according to a press release from Insmed.

A first-in-class reversible dipeptidyl peptidase-1 (DPP-1) inhibitor, brensocatib addresses the underlying inflammatory process of the serious chronic lung disease, which can lead to permanent lung damage and affects roughly half a million people in the U.S.