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FDA Calls for New Safety Warning for the Class of CAR T Cancer Therapies

MedCity News

Two months after announcing an inquiry into reports of new cancers in patients treated with CAR T-cell therapies, the FDA is directing makers of these therapies to add new safety warnings to product labels describing this risk. Companies have 30 calendar days to comply.

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Patient Death Prompts FDA Hold on Tests of Drug in Atopic Dermatitis & Asthma

MedCity News

The FDA clinical hold follows a patient death from liver failure that may be associated with zelnecirnon, an experimental Rapt Therapeutics drug. The biotech notes that no other patient has experienced liver problems and this safety signal has not been seen in any other tests of the molecule.

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FDA approves first gene therapy for Haemophilia B

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), the first gene therapy for adults with Haemophilia B (congenital Factor IX deficiency) who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, or have current or historical life-threatening haemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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US FDA accepts BLA for Henlius’ biosimilar HLX02

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the biologics licence application (BLA) for Shanghai Henlius Biotech ’s proposed biosimilar HLX02 (trastuzumab for injection). Accord BioPharma (Accord US), the business partner of Shanghai Henlius Biotech, has submitted the BLA.

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Kinnate Biopharma’s CCA therapy KIN-3248 receives FDA Fast Track status

Pharmaceutical Technology

Kinnate Biopharma has received Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its pan-FGFR inhibitor, KIN-3248, to treat unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Kinnate Biopharma expects to receive initial dose escalation data in the second half of this year.

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Liver injury leads FDA to pause Sanofi’s tests of MS drug acquired in $3.7B deal

MedCity News

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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How clinical outcome assessments can help us understand the patient experience

Clarivate

Clinical outcome assessments can take years to generate but may pay big dividends in patient-focused drug development, centering the patient experience and potentially bolstering a product’s case with regulators and payers. A clinical outcome assessment is a measure that describes or reflects how a patient feels, functions or survives.