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Sanofi’s FDA Nod in Hemophilia Gives Patients More Convenience, Brings Roche New Competition

MedCity News

FDA approval of Sanofi hemophilia A drug Altuviiio provides patients with a therapeutic option that lasts longer than most other products available, including one already marketed by the French pharma giant. Altuviiio also gives Sanofi a way to better compete against blockbuster Roche drug Hemlibra.

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Competition is on the horizon for costly narcolepsy treatments

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When patients experience intense emotion, either positive or negative, they are rendered unconscious. But increased competition is on the horizon. Both the physician and the patient have to be registered and the drugs can only come from a primary source through limited distribution. Classic treatment options.

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Promising schizophrenia drug faces tough competition

European Pharmaceutical Review

The randomised, multiple-dose, open-label, parallel-group study evaluated the pharmacokinetic profiles of LY03010 and the relative steady state bioavailability of LY03010 versus Invega Sustenna ® in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in 281 patients. The long-acting injectable’s potential in the LAI market.

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Is the launch environment really more competitive now?

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It’s often stated – mostly without reference to data – that the environment for innovative launches is more competitive now than it ever has been. Continued competitive intensity. The first in class launches barely have time to establish before they face competition, and then the competition keeps on coming.

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FDA approves first Stelara biosimilar, Wezlana

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has approved Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub) as a biosimilar to Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara (ustekinumab). Sustainable biosimilar competition in Europe: can it be achieved? He added that the approval of Wezlana “could have a meaningful impact for patients managing their disease.”

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FDA accepts AstraZeneca’s NDA for breast cancer combination therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted AstraZeneca’s new drug application (NDA) for the combination of capivasertib and FASLODEX (fulvestrant), and granted it priority review. We look forward to working with the FDA to bring this potential first-in-class AKT inhibitor to patients as quickly as possible.”

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4D Molecular’s Fabry gene therapy program on FDA clinical hold

Pharmaceutical Technology

4D Molecular Therapeutics (4DMT), the California-based biotechnology company focused on developing gene therapies for rare and large market diseases, has had the FDA place a clinical hold onto its Fabry disease (FD) gene therapy program (4D-310).

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