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Amid high-profile CAR-T safety probe, FDA’s Peter Marks offers first glimpse at data under review

Fierce Pharma

Three months after launching an investigation into the risk of patients developing secondary T-cell cancers after receiving a CAR-T drug, the FDA has shared more information on the cases it has see | Three months after launching an investigation into the risk of secondary T-cell cancers after treatment with a CAR-T medicine, the FDA has shared more (..)

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MHRA approves ‘safer’ medicine alternative for rare disease

European Pharmaceutical Review

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved Agamree ® (vamorolone), as a safer alternative to corticosteroids, for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). “In The medicine is indicated in patients who are four years of age and over, independent of the underlying mutation and ambulatory status.

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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). This new authorisation by the FDA’s expands its initial approval for EoE in May 2022 for patients aged 12 years and older, weighing at least 40kg.

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Approval expanded for generalised myasthenia gravis medicine

European Pharmaceutical Review

The first targeted therapy approved for paediatric patients with generalised myasthenia gravis (gMG) has been approved in the EU. This decision by the European Commission (EC) follows the positive opinion of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). Soliris is administered intravenously every two weeks.

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Medicinal cannabis: the route to good manufacturing practice registration

European Pharmaceutical Review

The UK medicinal cannabis sector has witnessed important regulatory advances in recent years. In this Q&A, EPR caught up with CEO James Short and Managing Director Arthur Wakeley from Celadon, to learn more about the company’s experience moving through, and progressing, the strict regulatory process for medicinal cannabis.

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Are timely access and robust safety mutually exclusive?

pharmaphorum

And how can regulators balance timely access with robust safety? Cancer patients in Europe wait an average of almost eight months longer for access to breakthrough medications than their American counterparts. The FDA approves new cancer treatments in half the time of the EMA – but does faster mean better? Accelerating safe access.

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First medicine approved in EU for eosinophilic esophagitis

European Pharmaceutical Review

Dupixent ® is indicated for EoE patients 12 years and older, weighing at least 40kg, who are inadequately controlled by, are intolerant to, or who are not candidates for conventional medicinal therapy. All patients had previously not responded to proton pump inhibitors. Improvements were observed as early as four weeks.