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Italfarmaco’s Duvyzat Wins FDA Approval as First Nonsteroidal Treatment for All Genetic Variants of DMD

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Italy-based drugmaker Italfarmaco has won US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its oral medication Duvyzat (givinostat) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients six years of age and older. The study is one of the largest DMD Phase III trials to date.

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First UK patient joins Pfizer’s phase 3 DMD gene therapy trial

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The first UK patient has enrolled on Pfizer’s phase 3 trial for its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene therapy. The first patient was recruited in The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of three UK sites for the clinical trial and part of 55 globally, across 15 countries.

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Novavax Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Development Progress

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(Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today provided an update on its COVID-19 vaccine program. pivotal Phase 3 trial update. Novavax completed enrollment of 15,000 participants in a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial being conducted in the U.K.

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FDA approves Roche’s Evrysdi for use in babies under two months with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

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More than 5,000 patients have now been treated worldwide with Evrysdi in clinical trials, compassionate use or real-world settings. Roche leads the clinical development of Evrysdi as part of a collaboration with the SMA Foundation and PTC Therapeutics. Food and Drug Administration in 2017.

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FDA Approves Zokinvy (lonafarnib) for Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and Processing-Deficient Progeroid Laminopathies

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FDA Approves Zokinvy (lonafarnib) for Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and Processing-Deficient Progeroid Laminopathies. Nasdaq:EIGR), focused on the development and commercialization of targeted therapies for serious rare and ultra-rare diseases, today announced that the U.S. PALO ALTO, Calif., ABOUT ZOKINVY (LONAFARNIB).

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4th RAS-Targeted Drug Development Summit

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Despite this, the first-ever FDA-approved KRAS G12C inhibitor has demonstrated that RAS is in fact druggable and that drugging this protein unlocks a world of successful therapeutic interventions. For decades, RAS has existed as an elusive therapeutic target, and drugging this high-value oncogene was deemed impossible.

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Gilead’s remdesivir trials; F2G raises $60.8M; Cancer immunotherapy research updates; Celleron gains rights to Roche’s cancer drug

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Researchers call out Gilead over the diversity of remdesivir trials. Researchers have challenged the sponsors of COVID-19 clinical trials to run more diverse studies. Roche was preparing to commence another combination trial in lymphoma patients when it withdrew the study before enrolling in the first subject in 2018.

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