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US FDA approves Bausch + Lomb and Novaliq’s DED treatment Miebo

Pharmaceutical Technology

It is the first and only prescription eye drop to receive FDA approval to treat DED that targets tear evaporation directly. Bausch + Lomb chairman and CEO Brent Saunders stated: “Today’s FDA approval of Miebo further advances DED treatment by addressing a significant unmet need for millions of people suffering with this disease. “We

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FDA approves new ALS medicine in precedent-setting decision

Bio Pharma Dive

Biogen’s drug failed the key study meant to show it can slow the nerve-destroying disease, but the drug’s effect on a protein of interest led the FDA to conditionally clear it for market.

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US FDA approves Reata Pharmaceuticals’ SKYCLARYS for Friedreich’s ataxia

Pharmaceutical Technology

The FDA granted Orphan Drug, Fast Track, and Rare Pediatric Disease Designations for the medication. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is also reviewing Reata’s marketing authorisation application (MAA) for SKYCLARYS in Europe. There are three more drug candidates with major trial readouts that are expected in 2023.

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US FDA approves Daiichi Sankyo-AstraZeneca’s Enhertu for lung cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

A specifically engineered HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC), Enhertu is being co-developed and co-marketed by Daiichi Sankyo along with AstraZeneca. Enhertu is claimed to be the first HER2-directed therapy to receive approval for treating HER2 mutant metastatic NSCLC patients. In the trial, 1.9%

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Apellis wins FDA approval of first drug for type of vision loss

Bio Pharma Dive

Apellis’ Syfovre is the first marketed treatment for geographic atrophy, a common and irreversible eye condition. But questions linger about its benefit and safety.

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In a first, FDA approves an 'interchangeable' biosimilar for diabetes

Bio Pharma Dive

An injectable insulin from Viatris has become the first-ever biosimilar product that can be directly substituted for a marketed biologic, a long-awaited decision that could put pricing pressure on other diabetes drugs.

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Seagen, Astellas win expanded FDA approval for bladder cancer drug

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The first-line approval of Padcev together with Keytruda is viewed as important to expanding the drug’s market, and comes weeks after Pfizer agreed to buy Seagen for $43 billion.