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Disc Medicine Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for MWTX-003 for the Treatment of Polycythemia Vera On Sept. 20, 2023, Disc Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRON) announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation to MWTX-003 for the treatment of patients with Polycyt...

Bristol Myers Squibb’s Investigational LPA1 Antagonist Reduces Rate of Lung Function Decline in Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis Cohort of Phase II Study BMS-986278, a potential first-in-class oral lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 (LPA1) antagonist, was studied in patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF)...

Quest Diagnostics Granted FDA Breakthrough Designation for its Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Test  On August 30, 2023, Quest Diagnostics announced that its AAVrh74 ELISA assay (CDx) has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The enzyme-linked immunosor...

FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designations to Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for HER2+ Solid Tumors, Including mCRC ENHERTU® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been granted two additional Breakthrough Therapy Designations (BTDs) in the United States for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastati...

FDA Approves Bristol Myers Squibb’s Reblozyl as First-Line Treatment of Anemia in Adults with Lower-Risk MDS Who May Require Transfusions Bristol Myers Squibb announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Reblozyl® (luspatercept-aamt) for the treatment of anemia in adult patients with very l...

Smith+Nephew Launched Hip Arthroplasty System in India  On August 17, 2023, The London-based orthopedic device maker Smith+Nephew announced the launch of its OR3O dual mobility system for use in primary and revision hip arthroplasty in India. The dual mobility implants have a smaller-diameter femoral hea...

Eylea HD Injection 8 Mg Approved By FDA for Treatment of Wet AMD, DME, and Diabetic Retinopathy The FDA has approved Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ EYLEA HD (aflibercept) Injection of 8 mg for the treatment of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD), diabetic macular edema (DME), and diabetic retin...

4WEB Medical Launched its Cervical Spine Plating Solution  On August 15, 2023, 4WEB Medical, an orthopedic implant company focused on developing innovative implants that utilize its proprietary Truss Implant Technology™, launched the newest addition to the company's implant portfolio, the Cervical Spine Pla...

FDA Clears J&J’s 2-in-1 Tablet for Prostate Cancer Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies stated that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved AKEEGA (niraparib and abiraterone acetate), the first-and-only dual-action tablet combining a PARP inhibitor including abiraterone ace...

Quest Introduced First-To-Market Consumer-Initiated Blood Test for Alzheimer's Disease Risk Assessment on Questhealth Website On July 31, 2023, Quest Diagnostics, a leader in diagnostic information services, announced the introduction of the AD-Detect™ Test for Alzheimer's Disease on questhealth.com – the first ...