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Celltrion’s Avtozma Receives FDA Approval, Making it the Third Actemra Biosimilar to Hit the Market

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Celltrions Actemra (tocilizumab) biosimilar Avtozma (tocilizumab-anoh) has received FDA approval for multiple indications, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), giant cell arteritis (GCA), polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA), systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) as well as COVID-19.

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

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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

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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

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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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Kebilidi FDA-Approved as First Brain-Delivered Gene Therapy for AADC Deficiency

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PTC Therapeutics has gained US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its new gene therapy, Kebilidi (eladocagene exuparvovec), for treating aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency.

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

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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

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