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Lilly wins FDA approval of new kind of diabetes drug

Bio Pharma Dive

Tirzepatide, now branded as Mounjaro, helped improve blood sugar control in testing and has been shown to have powerful weight loss effects as well, making it one of the most closely watched drugs in Lilly's pipeline.

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FDA approves new CAR-T competitor to Gilead’s Tecartus

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Developer Autolus set a list price of $525,000 for its new cell therapy, which it will sell for a type of leukemia under the brand name Aucatzyl.

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Eli Lilly’s donanemab wins FDA approval for Alzheimer’s disease

Pharmaceutical Technology

Leqembi will now face a challenger as donanemab enters the market under the brand name Kisunla.

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Mission successful for Novartis after FDA approves ofatumumab in MS

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It’s mission accomplished for Novartis after the FDA approved ofatumumab for multiple sclerosis, completing a project where the former cancer drug has been repurposed. The FDA approved ofatumumab under the brand name Kesimpta for people living with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

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PTC wins FDA approval for first brain-delivered gene therapy Kebilidi

Fierce Pharma

The FDA issued its first stamp of approval for a cell or gene therapy back in 2017 to Novartis' Kymriah. | The gene therapy has already been approved to treat AADC deficiency in Europe and the U.K., among other countries, where it's branded as Upstaza.

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After prior snub, Zevra clinches FDA approval for rare lysosomal storage disorder drug Miplyffa

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The FDA approved Zevra’s arimoclomol capsules to treat the rare lysosomal storage disorder Niemann-Pick disease type C in conjunction with Johnson & Johnson’s enzyme inhibitor miglustat. Arimoclomol, which will fly under the brand name Miplyffa, is now the first FDA-approved therapy for NPC.

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FDA approves first MASH drug: Madrigal's Rezdiffra breaks ground in notorious biopharma graveyard

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The FDA has approved Madrigal's resmetirom under the brand name Rezdiffra as the first drug for the fatty liver disease. . | The decades-long wait for an effective treatment for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) has ended.