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FDA grants priority review to omalizumab for food allergies

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to Roche’s supplemental Biologics License Application for Xolair ® (omalizumab) for treatment of children and adults with food allergies.

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US FDA approves Blueprint Medicines’ indolent systemic mastocytosis therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Blueprint Medicines’ Ayvakit (avapritinib) as the first and only treatment for indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) in adult patients.

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Synlogic’s SYNB1934 receives orphan drug status from US FDA

Pharmaceutical Technology

Synlogic has received orphan drug designation (ODD) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for SYNB1934 to treat phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare inherited metabolic disease. In 2019, Synlogic and Ginkgo Bioworks entered a platform collaboration to support a synthetic bionic medicines pipeline.

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Eosinophilic esophagitis medicine approval expanded

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dupixent ® (dupilumab) as a treatment for children patients aged one to 11 years, weighing at least 15kg with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). First medicine approved in EU for eosinophilic esophagitis What did the data from the Phase III Dupixent study show?

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Switzerland and US sign drug inspection agreement

European Pharmaceutical Review

Under the agreement with the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland), the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (Swissmedic) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be able to utilise each other’s GMP inspections of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, avoiding the need for duplicate inspections.

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2023 New Drug Approvals: Review of New FDA and EMA Marketing Authorisations

Tribeca Knowledge

T he drug-approval slump in major markets that clouded innovation prospects during 2022 seems to be over.

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CHMP issues positive option for first gene-editing medicine

European Pharmaceutical Review

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion for the conditional approval of Vertex’s gene-editing therapy Casgevy for the treatment of severe sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia.