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US FDA approves Eisai-Biogen’s antibody for Alzheimer’s

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Eisai and Biogen have received approval for their antibody Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) , 100mg/mL injection for intravenous use, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Accelerated Approval Pathway to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

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FDA approves Regeneron antibody drug as first Ebola virus treatment

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Research for the drug, now cleared as Inmazeb, helped Regeneron jumpstart its fast development of an antibody therapy for COVID-19.

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Rystiggo receives FDA approval, strengthening UCB’s myasthenia gravis portfolio

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UCB's Rystiggo has been granted FDA approval to treat myasthenia gravis in anti-AchR or anti-MuSK antibody-positive adults.

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5 FDA approval decisions to watch in the 4th quarter

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The world's attention will be on the FDA as it considers initial data from coronavirus vaccine developers. But several other important drugs, including a CAR-T therapy and an Ebola antibody, will also be on the agency's agenda.

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US FDA approves Daiichi Sankyo-AstraZeneca’s Enhertu for lung cancer

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A specifically engineered HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC), Enhertu is being co-developed and co-marketed by Daiichi Sankyo along with AstraZeneca. Enhertu is claimed to be the first HER2-directed therapy to receive approval for treating HER2 mutant metastatic NSCLC patients. “We In the trial, 1.9%

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Daiichi Sankyo, with new data, to seek FDA approval of lung cancer drug

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The HER3-targeting treatment could become the next antibody-drug conjugate to emerge from Daiichi Sankyo’s laboratories, after the AstraZeneca-partnered Enhertu.

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Seagen, Genmab win speedy FDA approval for cervical cancer drug

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Tivdak, a type of drug known as an antibody-drug conjugate, is the fourth approved medicine for Seagen and its third to reach market since December 2019.