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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.
Celltrions Actemra (tocilizumab) biosimilar Avtozma (tocilizumab-anoh) has received FDAapproval 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.
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.
Tivdak, a type of drug known as an antibody-drug conjugate, is the fourth approvedmedicine for Seagen and its third to reach market since December 2019.
A broadened clearance for Reblozyl in myelodysplastic syndromes should help Bristol Myers offset the looming loss of revenue from top-selling medicines set to soon lose market exclusivity.
In June 2020, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved daprodustat tablets to treat patients with anaemia of CKD. The European Medicines Agency is currently reviewing a marketing authorisation application for daprodustat and a regulatory decision is expected in the first half of this year.
According to one analyst, the approval was the last hurdle keeping Sandoz’s Tyruko from directly competing in the U.S. market against Biogen’s inflammation-regulating medicine Tysabri.
Lexicon senior vice president and chief medical officer Dr Craig Granowitz said: “With today’s FDAapproval, Inpefa is now a valuable option for physicians to consider when treating patients transitioning out of the hospital and working to break the cycle of repeated hospitalisation.”
A HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), Enhertu is co-developed and marketed by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo. In July, the companies received Priority Review for their supplemental Biologics License Application (BLA) from the US FDA for Enhertu to treat unresectable or metastatic HER2-low breast cancer.
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. It has been designed to target residual inflammation as an underlying cause of ASCVD.
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, a biotech innovator known for developing therapies for rare metabolic disorders, now has FDAapproval for its new treatment, Ctexli (chenodiol) tablets the first and only medication approved for cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) in adults.
“The approval of Uzedy is a culmination of a multidisciplinary effort across Teva and MedinCell to bring this important treatment to market. The regulatory approval is based on the data obtained from the Risperidone Subcutaneous Extended-Release Study (RISE) and the SHINE Phase III trials.
All six treatments are US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved. At market open, shares in Blue Water surged 90% higher than the previous day’s (13 June) market close. The company has a market cap of $20m. The six newly acquired medicines join Entadfi (finasteride and tadalafil) in Blue Water’s portfolio.
Ipsen has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Bylvay (odevixibat) to treat patients aged 12 months and above with cholestatic pruritus caused by Alagille syndrome (ALGS). Ipsen is also seeking marketingapproval from the European Medicines Agency, with a final decision expected in the second half of 2023.
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. Leniolisib’s marketing authorisation application (MAA) is currently under review with the Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Blueprint Medicines has entered strategic financing partnerships for up to $1.25bn with life sciences-focused investors Sixth Street and Royalty Pharma. The funding will offer capital to extend Blueprint’s varied pipeline toward marketing as well as to continue seeking strategic and synergistic business development prospects.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved AbbVie’s Rinvoq (upadacitinib) for patients with Crohn’s disease who do not respond to TNF blockers, a common immune suppressant treatment for the condition. Data from two Phase III studies, U-EXCEED and U-EXCEL, involving 857 patients was used to support the approval.
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market in more than seven years, and the first approval of a wholly owned medicine in Immunogen’s 41-year history. The new drug, called Elahere, was developed by Immunogen, a biotech company based in Waltham, Mass. It’s the first new treatment option for advanced ovarian cancer to reach the U.S.
The FDA has approved Genentechs TNKase (tenecteplase) for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in adults, marking a milestone as the first new stroke medicineapproved in nearly three decades.
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FDA’s Green Flag to Keytruda and Lenvima combination by Merck and Eisai for Advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The FDAapproved the combination of Keytruda and Lenvima produced by Merck and Eisai, as a first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The rarity of disease – 1.36
The FDA has approved a new use for Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) from Roche’s Genentech unit, to prevent people developing flu after coming into contact with an infectious person. Xofluza has already been on the market for two years, and already had licensed uses to treat uncomplicated flu and those at high risk of complications.
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Syndax Pharmaceuticals’ Revuforj (revumenib) has won US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the treatment of relapsed or refractory (R/R) acute leukemia in patients aged one year and older who have a lysine methyltransferase 2A ( KMT2A, formerly MLL ) gene translocation.
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Stelara now has a new biosimilar option on the market, as Dong-A ST’s Imuldosa (ustekinumab-srlf) has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of several autoimmune conditions. If approved, the biosimilar will be marketed in the European Union (EU).
While Soliris had its market launch 17 years ago with $3.2 billion in sales in 2023, Ultomiris was approved in 2018 and generated $3 billion in revenue last year. Competitors in the PNH market include Novartis, which won approval for its factor B inhibitor Fabhalta (iptacopan), the first oral pill for PNH treatment, late last year.
Pfizer spinout SpringWorks Therapeutics’ Ogsiveo (nirogacestat) has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the treatment of desmoid tumors, an ultra-rare subtype of non-cancerous soft tissue sarcomas that can cause severe pain and disfigurement.
Italy-based drugmaker Italfarmaco has won US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its oral medication Duvyzat (givinostat) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients six years of age and older. Duvyzat received Priority Review, Orphan Drug and Rare Pediatric Disease designations from the FDA.
First approved in 2011, Eylea’s market value was estimated to be $8.79 Biocon and Biogen haven’t shared what their interchangeable biosimilars will cost, nor when they will be launched in the US market. In the US, Biogen will market Yesafili. It was also approved in the UK in November 2023.
Food and Drug Administration approved a new medicine for ALS from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, providing a desperately needed new treatment option for a devastating disease , STAT writes. The In a rare commitment, the company has promised to remove the drug from the market if that study is not successful. But be safe.
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Market share is often held up as the most relevant metric for the success of a biosimilar class. As I write this, there are 38 FDA-approved biosimilars ; 22 of them are commercially available. As I write this, there are 38 FDA-approved biosimilars ; 22 of them are commercially available. In the U.S.,
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market until next year, with the pharmaceutical company announcing Tuesday a settlement with the Iceland-based Alvotech. AbbVie won dozens of additional patents — what critics call a “patent thicket” — that extended the exclusive market for the drug. Sales of Humira earned AbbVie $20.7 The executives at AbbVie make over $300 million.
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