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Competition is on the horizon for costly narcolepsy treatments

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But increased competition is on the horizon. Sodium oxybate — which in the late 1980s was marketed to bodybuilders and then became known as GHB and criminally used as a date rape drug — has been sold under the brand name Xyrem after gaining FDA approval in 2002. Competition starts to heat up. Classic treatment options.

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BMS scores first approval for psoriasis therapy Sotyktu

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The US FDA has cleared the first-in-class tyrosine kinase 2 (Tyk2) inhibitor as Sotyktu , and BMS says it now plans to launch the new drug later this month, aiming to mount a challenge to Amgen’s $2.3 It had been approved since 2014 for moderate to severe cases only. billion oral psoriasis therapy Otezla (apremilast).

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FDA grants access to new class of paediatric diabetes medicine

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This is the first time the FDA has approved an oral diabetes drug for paediatric patients since its approval of metformin in 2000. The FDA first approved Jardiance to help control blood sugar in adults with T2D in 2014. The drugs are approved for use along with changes in diet and exercise. in the placebo group.

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Pliant snags $287.5 million in oversubscribed public offering amid market uncertainty

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The FDA approved both drugs in 2014. In an email , a Pliant spokesperson told Pharmaceutical Technology , “As currently approved therapies are not well tolerated, a new agent with a favorable safety profile and demonstrated efficacy would be a welcome addition to the IPF treatment armamentarium”.