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Can the FDA keep the momentum going for rare disease drug approvals?

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 2022, the FDA approved only 37 new medicines, an underwhelming number compared to 98 in 2018. However, while only around 34% of the approvals in 2018 were for orphan drugs, 54% new approvals in 2022 were for drugs to treat rare diseases. T3 is a major hormone in the blood that regulates thyroid levels.

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Povorcitinib Phase III Results Stir Mixed Signals for Incyte and Investors

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Standard treatment strategies include combinations of antibiotics, hormonal therapies and biologic agents most notably adalimumab (Humira), the only FDA-approved biologic for moderate to severe cases while surgery remains an option for advanced disease.

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Surrogate Endpoints: How to Choose the Best One for Your Rare Disease Trial

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Symptoms and Etiology: Caused by an overproduction of growth hormone, acromegaly primarily affects adults. By reducing the amount of growth hormone in the blood, progressive enlargement of bones should be slowed. By reducing the amount of growth hormone in the blood, progressive enlargement of bones should be slowed.

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Creating Future of MedTech Industry with Artificial Intelligence

Delveinsight

In February 2018, the San Diego-based company was granted a de novo request from FDA for the Banyan Brain Trauma Indicator. The test identifies Ubiquitin and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP)- 2 brain-specific protein biomarkers- that appear rapidly in the blood of a patient after a brain injury.

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What Innovative Treatments For Metastatic Breast Cancer are being developed?

Find Me Cure

CDK4/6 inhibitors are used alongside hormone therapy. HER2 is a protein that plays an important role in cancer cell growth and is found on the surface of cancer cells in a very high quantity in about 10-20% of breast cancers. Then they checked which of her TILs would recognize the mutated proteins.

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World Lupus Day 2023 and Novel Investigational Drugs for Lupus

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The exact cause of lupus is not entirely understood, but it is thought to be from a combination of genetic, environmental and hormonal factors. GSK’s Benlysta (belimumab) is a monoclonal antibody that was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2011 for the treatment of SLE.

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Top 40 Best-Selling Oncology Drugs in 2023 by 2022 Data

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Revlimid (Lenalidomide) Revlimid 2022 sales: $9.978 billion Company/Developer: Bristol Myers Squibb Date of first FDA approval: December 27, 2005 Indications Revlimid is FDA-approved for: Myelodysplastic disease (MDS), multiple myeloma, mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma.