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Celltrion’s Avtozma Receives FDA Approval, Making it the Third Actemra Biosimilar to Hit the Market

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Celltrions Actemra (tocilizumab) biosimilar Avtozma (tocilizumab-anoh) has received FDA approval for multiple indications, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), giant cell arteritis (GCA), polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA), systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) as well as COVID-19.

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IXCHIQ Chikungunya Vaccine Trial Shows Sustained Immune Response in Adolescents

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Valneva SE, who developed the worlds first FDA-approved chikungunya vaccine , has now unveiled promising Phase III data for its single-shot chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ, in adolescents aged 12 to 17. The study included 754 adolescents, comparing immune responses and safety profiles between vaccine and placebo groups.

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Celltrion’s Steqeyma Approved as Stelara Biosimilar for Psoriasis

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Celltrions Steqeyma (ustekinumab-stba), a biosimilar to Stelara (ustekinumab), for the treatment of several immune-mediated diseases. By blocking these inflammatory pathways, it helps manage overactive immune responses in conditions like psoriasis and Crohns disease.

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US FDA grants approval for AstraZeneca’s combination liver cancer therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

A human monoclonal antibody, Imfinzi attaches to the PD-L1 protein and hinders the PD-L1 interaction with the PD-1 and CD80 proteins. Imjudo is also a human monoclonal antibody and hinders cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) activity.

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Genmab and argenx team up to engineer novel antibody therapies

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Pharmaceutical company Genmab is entering a partnership with argenx to develop antibody therapies for oncology and immunology. This collaboration is being made to combine the companies’ capabilities to develop novel therapeutic antibodies with applications in the two disease areas.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves a Genentech blood-cancer drug; Sean Parker expands his immunotherapy research empire

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The new drug, called Lunsumio, is a so-called bispecific antibody, which works by attaching to cancer cells with one arm of the drug, and T cells with a second arm. In a clinical trial, 60% of patients with follicular lymphoma treated with Lunsumio achieved a complete response.

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Pfizer’s PD-1 Inhibitor Sasanlimab in Combo with Standard of Care Shown to Improve Event-Free Survival in High-Risk Bladder Cancer

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Pfizer announced promising results from its Phase III trial investigating the efficacy of sasanlimab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, in combination with standard of care Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunotherapy for patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) who are BCG-nave.