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With new FDA approval, Merck's Welireg takes another step toward blockbuster goal

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Since Merck secured approval for kidney cancer pill and blockbuster hopeful Welireg (belzutifan) in August of 2021, sales have grown slowly but surely. Since Merck secured approval for kidney cancer pill and blockbuster hopeful Welireg (belzutifan) in August of 2021, sales have grown slowly but surely.

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Mirum scores second FDA nod for rare liver disease drug Livmarli, this one to treat PFIC

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FDA has OKed Mirum’s Livmarli to treat the rare liver disease PFIC. The nod comes on top of another for Livmarli to treat Alagille syndrome in 2021,

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After long fight, Ardelyx finally bags FDA approval for chronic kidney disease med Xphozah

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After the FDA requested more data in 2021, Ardelyx instead defended its drug's profile through two appeals and an advisory committee meeting. The third time’s the charm for Ardelyx and its chronic kidney disease med Xphozah (tenapanor). Now, the company can celebrate a long-awaited win.

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KRAS crisis? FDA will gather advisers to weigh full approval for Amgen's Lumakras

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The FDA will hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss confirmatory trial data for Amgen's Lumakras in KRAS-mutated lung cancer. This comes after a bumpy stretch for the medicine since its debut in 2021. First came doubts about the combinability of Amgen’s Lumakras with a standard PD-1 inhibitor. |

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Merck's Keytruda again bags industry-first cervical cancer nod—with limitation

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After crowning Keytruda as the first immunotherapy for advanced cervical cancer back in 2021, the FDA has awarded the drug another industry-first designation in an earlier stage of the tumor type.

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FDA OKs wider use of Almirall’s actinic keratosis drug

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With actinic keratosis (AK) diagnoses on the rise, there is some good news for patients, with the FDA approval of expanded use of Almirall’s topical therapy Klisyri.

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Pfizer and Genmab’s Tivdak wins full FDA approval for cervical cancer

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The FDA granted accelerated approval for the drug back in September 2021 following positive Phase II trial data.

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