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Do patients care about accelerated approval drugs?

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Do patients care? Accelerated Approval was developed in 1992 in response to the HIV/AIDS crisis and has led to expedited drug and biologic approvals in several disease areas across the FDA. The program was codified into law under the Food and Drug Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) in 2012. Do patients care?

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Lexicon gets FDA approval for Inpefa to treat heart failure

Pharmaceutical Technology

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (Lexicon) has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Inpefa drug to treat heart failure. The SOLOIST-WHF (worsening heart failure) and SCORED trials together assessed around 12,000 patients.

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US FDA approves Apellis’ geographic atrophy therapy Syfovre

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Apellis Pharmaceuticals’ Syfovre (pegcetacoplan injection) to treat geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Syfovre is claimed to be the first and only therapy approved for GA.

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Innovative personalised immunotherapy approved for multiple myeloma

European Pharmaceutical Review

The first BCMA-targeted CAR-T cell therapy for second-line treatment of multiple myeloma has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Basis of the approval of the CAR-T therapy FDA’s approval of the personalised treatment is based on positive results from the Phase III CARTITUDE-4 study.

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FDA grants approval for Amylyx’s Relyvrio to treat ALS

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ Relyvrio (sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol) to treat adult patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The FDA approval is based on findings from the multicentre Phase II CENTAUR clinical trial that enrolled 137 ALS patients.

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US FDA accepts Optinose’s sNDA for chronic rhinosinusitis therapy Xhance

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Optinose’s supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Xhance (fluticasone propionate) to treat chronic rhinosinusitis, which is now under review. They demonstrated that Xhance significantly reduced both the symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis and sinus opacification.

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FDA accepts resubmission of Ardelyx’s NDA for XPHOZAH

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Ardelyx’s resubmission of a new drug application (NDA) for XPHOZAH (tenapanor) to control serum phosphate in adults with chronic kidney disease on dialysis who have had insufficient response or intolerance to a phosphate binder treatment.