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AstraZeneca-Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu gets US FDA approval for breast cancer

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The approval was based on findings from the international, randomised, open-label Phase III DESTINY-Breast04 clinical trial. Furthermore, Enhertu’s safety profile was in line with prior clinical trials without any new safety concerns detected. Enhertu-treated subjects had a median overall survival (OS) of 23.4

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FDA Approves Powerful New Drug to Counter Obesity Epidemic

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday announced it had approved Eli Lilly’s highly anticipated weight loss drug Zepbound, the latest entrant in a field of powerful – and lucrative – new obesity medicines.​

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Pfizer’s sNDA for Cibinqo receives FDA approval for atopic dermatitis

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Pfizer has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Cibinqo (abrocitinib) to treat a type of atopic dermatitis (AD). The label expansion for Cibinqo was supported by the data obtained from the placebo-controlled, randomised Phase III JADE TEEN clinical trial.

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US FDA approves Pharming’s Joenja to treat APDS

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It is claimed to be the first and only therapy to receive approval in the US for the treatment of APDS, a rare and progressive primary immunodeficiency. After assessing the New Drug Application (NDA) under priority review, the FDA granted the approval based on the data obtained from a Phase II/III clinical trial.

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AGEPHA Pharma’s LODOCO gets US FDA approval for cardiovascular disease

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It can be used as a monotherapy or along with cholesterol-lowering medicines. It is claimed to be the first anti-inflammatory atheroprotective cardiovascular treatment to receive approval from the regulator.

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US FDA approves Vertex’s Orkambi for cystic fibrosis in children

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Earlier, the therapy had obtained FDA approval for usage in CF patients aged two years and above with two F508del mutation copies. The latest approval for use in children aged 12 to below 24 months is based on an open-label, multicentre Phase III clinical trial for 24 weeks.

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AstraZeneca and MSD’s Lynparza combo bags FDA approval for prostate cancer

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Safety and tolerability were in line with that observed in prior trials and the known profiles of the medicines. According to figures from GlobalData’s clinical trials database, research into mCRPC treatments has been on the rise over the past 10 years. Trials peaked at 115 in 2018 before declining to 91 last year.