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FDA extends review of GSK’s myelofibrosis drug

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UK-based pharmaceutical giant GSK has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the review period of its new drug application (NDA) for the rare bone cancer drug momelotinib by three months. The drug is not currently approved in any markets globally.

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Appili Therapeutics receives US patent for ATI-1501

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The tablet form of metronidazole has been the only approved oral form of the drug available on the US market. The US Food and Drug Administration has set 23 September 2023 as the prescription drug user fee action date for ATI-1501.

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FDA grants priority review for Takeda and HUTCHMED’s fruquintinib NDA

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review for Takeda and HUTCHMED’s new drug application (NDA) for fruquintinib. The new drug application (NDA) included data from the Phase III FRESCO-2 and FRESCO trials conducted in China.

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AGEPHA Pharma’s LODOCO gets US FDA approval for cardiovascular disease

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AGEPHA Pharma has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for LODOCO (colchicine, 0.5 The company expects to launch LODOCO for prescription use in the second half of 2023. mg tablet) to treat cardiovascular disease.

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Catalyst licenses Santhera Pharma’s vamorolone in North America

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The investigational drug candidate vamorolone has a mode of action based on binding to the same receptor as glucocorticoids while changing its downstream activity. In the US and Europe, the drug has received orphan drug status to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

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FDA accepts Bristol Myers Squibb’s Reblozyl sBLA for anaemia  

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the supplemental biologics licence application submitted by Bristol Myers Squibb for Reblozyl (luspatercept-aamt) as a first-line treatment of anaemia in adults with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

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Health Canada accepts Eisai-Biogen’s NDS for Alzheimer’s disease antibody

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Health Canada has accepted a new drug submission (NDS) for Eisai and Biogen ’s lecanemabto to treat early Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In January 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved lecanemab under the accelerated approval pathway to treat AD.