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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. months compared with 5.1 months for the chemotherapy arm. months compared with 16.8

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Specialised Therapeutics’ breast cancer drug gets Philippines FDA approval

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The company claimed that the utmost benefit is reported in hormone-receptor positive (HR+) women and those who commence treatment with Nerlynx within a year of receiving trastuzumab-based therapy. In a Phase III ExteNET clinical trial, neratinib offered a 34% decline in the risk of recurrence and a 2.3%

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

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a combination of AstraZeneca and MSD ’s Lynparza (olaparib), with standard therapies for treating BRCA-mutated (BRCAm) metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Safety and tolerability were in line with that observed in prior trials and the known profiles of the medicines.

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Neurocrine Biosciences’ Crenessity Approved as First New Treatment in Decades for Rare Genetic Disorder CAH

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The therapy is approved to be used in combination with glucocorticoid replacement therapies (steroids) to control androgen levels in adults and pediatric patients four years of age and older with classic CAH. Currently, the standard treatment for CAH involves glucocorticoids, which replace cortisol and help regulate hormone levels.

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US FDA approves expanded indication for Lilly’s breast cancer therapy

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for the expanded indication for Eli Lilly and Company ’s (Lilly) Verzenio (abemaciclib) to treat breast cancer patients. In the trial, Verzenio along with ET reduced disease recurrence risk by 35% compared to ET alone.

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Sling Therapeutics’s Linsitinib Meets Primary Endpoint in Thyroid Eye Disease Trial, Eyes Competition with Amgen’s Tepezza

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Sling Therapeutics has positive topline results from its Phase IIb/III LIDS clinical trial evaluating its oral small-molecule therapy linsitinib for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED). Ninety patients in the trial were randomized to receive one of two doses of linsitinib or placebo.

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Lilly’s new drug Mounjaro (tirzepatide ) wins US FDA approval

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GLP-1 and GIP are hormones involved in blood sugar control and Mounjaro, a first-in-class medicine that activates both GLP-1 and GIP receptors, demonstrated improved blood sugar control. And, in trials comparing Mounjaro to other diabetes medications, individuals who received 15mg of Mounjaro had lowering of their HbA1c by 0.5%