MedCity News

JULY 27, 2022

ObsEva’s uterine fibroids drug linzagolix has hit a snag at the FDA, portending a likely delayed regulatory decision. Rather than stick it out and see if its small molecule can match up against commercialized products from AbbVie and Myovant, ObsEva plans to give up rights to the drug as part of a corporate restructuring.

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MedCity News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

An Amylyx Pharmaceuticals drug developed to slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is now approved, making it just the third FDA-approved treatment for the disease. Amylyx will market its new product under the name “Relyvrio.”.

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MedCity News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Gilead Sciences said an independent review of interim Phase 3 data found the immunotherapy, magrolimab, led to a higher risk of death. Though Gilead is discontinuing further development of the drug in blood cancers, a review is ongoing in solid tumors.

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JUNE 30, 2022

The FDA placed a partial clinical hold on late-stage tests of Sanofi multiple sclerosis drug tolebrutinib after some patients developed drug-induced liver injury. tests are paused, Sanofi said clinical testing in other countries is continuing with additional safety monitoring.

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MedCity News

MAY 19, 2023

Bausch + Lomb drug Miebo is now FDA approved as a new treatment for dry eye disease. Unlike many products that rewet the eye, Miebo is designed to address one of the factors that leads to dry eyes.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 12, 2023

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sobi ® ) has agreed to acquire CTI BioPharma for $1.7 The biopharma companies anticipate the transaction will help to change the treatment landscape for patients with rare diseases through new, innovative and effective medicines and therapies.

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MedCity News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Travere Therapeutics drug Filspari won accelerated FDA approval to treat a rare disorder that can lead to kidney failure. The small molecule is also in late-stage testing for another rare kidney disease; analysts say each indication represents a blockbuster opportunity.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The FDA has already granted a fast-track designation to zolbetuximab for the treatment of gastric and GEJ adenocarcinoma. I-Mab Biopharma, meanwhile, has a bispecific antibody called TJ-CD4B – which binds to both claudin 18.2 The post Second phase 3 trial extends Astellas’ lead in claudin 18.2 Claudin 18.2

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MedCity News

JUNE 14, 2023

The FDA has been notified and an investigation is underway. 2seventy Bio reported that an acute myeloid leukemia patient treated with its experimental cell therapy has died, prompting research partner Seattle Children’s Research Institute to pause the Phase 1 study.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Swiss biotech is seeking a priority review for vamorolone, which was licensed from US biotech ReveraGen BioPharma in 2020 after Santhera its former DMD therapy candidate idebenone failed clinical testing and was abandoned. Its lead drug has already claimed fast track and rare paediatric disease designations from the FDA.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 15, 2023

The US FDA database has 95 approved pyridine derivatives, including isoniazid and ethionamide (tuberculosis), delavirdine (HIV/AIDS), abiraterone acetate (prostate cancer), and tacrine (Alzheimer’s).

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MedCity News

JANUARY 21, 2024

The FDA said Amgen’s Prolia may lead to low levels of calcium, or hypocalcemia.

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MedCity News

DECEMBER 26, 2022

By easing regulatory requirements for animal testing, the Act allows scientists to use innovative, leading-edge technologies more fully in future drug development strategies. .

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MedCity News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The FDA approved Apellis Pharmaceuticals’ Syfovre as a treatment for geographic atrophy, a retinal disorder that is a leading cause of blindness. The drug, administered as an injection into the eye, will launch in March at the price of $2,190 per vial.

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MedCity News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

based biotech’s lead program is an antibody drug in preclinical development for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic lung disorder with few FDA-approved treatments. AbbVie acquired DJS Antibodies for $255 million up front.

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MedCity News

JULY 18, 2023

Novartis’s acquisition of DTx Pharma brings a lead program for a rare disease with no FDA-approved therapies. But the deal could also help the pharma giant bring new RNA therapies to new places in the body, a top Novartis executive explained.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 1, 2022

billion buyout of Principia Biopharma has run into trouble, after the FDA placed it on partial clinical hold while a safety signal is investigated. Those changes haven’t been enough to prevent the FDA from taking action, although outside the US the studies will continue as planned with the tighter safety monitoring.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Pleco Therapeutics has closed a first-round financing, raising just over €17 million that it says will fund the development of its lead therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) through to regulatory filings in the US and EU. million in equity and R&D funding from Belgian biopharma company Hyloris, which was first announced last year.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 9, 2023

Biopharma and healthcare group Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. Supported by voting agreements from leading Amryt shareholders and directors, and unanimously approved and recommended by the boards of both companies, the total transaction is worth up to $1.48 is to acquire the 2015-established Amryt Pharma Plc. on 6 th January.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The European Commission has followed the lead of the US FDA and approved AstraZeneca’s Tezspire as an add-on maintenance therapy for patients with severe asthma, becoming the first and only biologic that can be used in all patients, and not restricted to those with specific forms of the disease.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 4, 2023

While Scorpion will lead the development of STX-721, Pierre Fabre will handle STX-241. The Boston, Massachusetts-based Scorpion expects to submit an investigational new drug (IND) application for STX-721 to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in mid-2023, with an IND application for STX-241 expected in H1 2024. Up to 12.5%

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European Pharmaceutical Review

AUGUST 31, 2023

Compared to the aforementioned copper‑based radionuclides, Cu-64 has a longer production and decay time, which leads to a more expensive production process and a higher radiation burden for the patient. During her career, she held positions of increasing responsibility to lead companies in the field, including AREVA/Framatome.

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PM360

MAY 2, 2023

We are fortunate to work with innovative startup and mid-stage biopharma companies that are developing vaccines and medicines for rare diseases, cancer, specialty therapeutic areas, and other patient needs, as well as partnering with diagnostic and medical device companies.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

On 23 August, at a Reuters Newsmakers online forum, Soriot announced his interest in increasing AstraZeneca’s portfolio of bolt-on acquisitions leading up to 2025. The FDA has granted the drug an orphan drug designation, and Phase III trials with eplontersen were completed In June. In 2019, AstraZeneca entered a $6.9

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Legacy MEDSearch

MAY 19, 2023

PaceMate ® announced today its collaboration with AliveCor ® , the global leader in FDA-cleared personal electrocardiogram technology and remote patient management solutions for the cardiovascular industry. The FDA-cleared KardiaMobile device is the most clinically validated personal ECG solution in the world.

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Medgadget

MARCH 2, 2023

This leads to substantial damage to healthy tissues and too often results in poor outcomes. The FDA looked at the data, saw it promising, and asked for a small feasibility study in the U.S. We hope to see Alpha TAU presenting its technology at Biomed Israel , the leading international Life Science and HealthTech conference in Israel.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Last month, construction began on Europe’s first industrial-scale facility dedicated to the production of lead-212 based radioligand therapies. Based on these promising results, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to AlphaMedix in February 2024.

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Clarivate

AUGUST 2, 2022

Four major trends came to light from CIRS’ most recent analysis of new active substance (NAS) approvals for the European Medicines Agency (EMA), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), Health Canada, Swissmedic and the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).

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Clarify Health

MAY 19, 2020

After FDA-approval comes the last critical mile of this journey: bringing the product to market. There is also a looming, time-sensitive reality that biopharma companies face once their products hit the market: they need to recoup the costs of development as quickly as possible before drug patents expire and generics threaten sales.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Current FDA guidance is that candidate NASH drugs should either improve fibrosis without worsening NASH, or resolve NASH without worsening fibrosis. A second phase 3 trial is due to report in the fourth quarter of this year, and if positive could lead to regulatory filings in the first half of 2023.

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PM360

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A New Online Destination for HCPs HealthCentral Corporation , operator of leading digital platforms that serve patients living with chronic illness, their care partners, and health professionals, has announced the newest addition to its suite of HCP support sites: MedCentral.

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Medgadget

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Thanks to kind support from Biomed Israel , the leading international Life Science and HealthTech conference in Israel (see more below), we met with Ronan Castro, the CEO of Human Xtensions at the company’s offices in Netanya, Israel.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The condition is largely associated with obesity and an unhealthy diet and lifestyle, and is on the rise in industrialised nations, leading to estimates it could present a market opportunity worth tens of billions of dollars worldwide.

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Clarivate

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

More recently, the FDA has developed the Patient Focused Drug Development (PFDD) Guidance Series, which provides sponsors with guidance on how to collect and submit patient experience data in medical product development for regulatory decision making. All data were collated in FDA COA Evidence Dossiers. Mainland China and Japan.

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PM360

JULY 13, 2023

Our lead indications are HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (mBC) and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The FDA has granted Fast Track Designation for our HER2-targeted ADC, ARX788, and we are enrolling the signal-seeking ACE-Breast-03 Phase 2 clinical study in post-Enhertu mBC patients throughout 2H 2023.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JULY 20, 2023

In June 2023, an array of leading voices in AAV development for cell and gene therapies articulated the current challenges and their optimism for the rapidly advancing sector at the Cell and Gene Therapy Summit event in London. More recently, the FDA granted approval of Roctavian in June 2023.

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Clarivate

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The evidence standards that a COA must meet to support key clinical trial endpoints have become increasingly stringent in recent decades, following the introduction of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) draft guidance in 2006, followed by the full guidance in 2009.

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