myasthenia gravis

Enhertu Receives US Approval as First HER2-focused Treatment for Metastatic Solid Tumors, Independent of Tumor Origin AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has gained approval in the United States for treating adult patients with inoperable or metastatic HER2-positive (IHC 3+) so...

Eisai Submits Marketing Authorization Application In Japan for Anticancer Agent Tasurgratinib For Biliary Tract Cancer With FGFR2 Gene Fusion Eisai Co., Ltd. has officially submitted a request for marketing authorization in Japan for tasurgratinib succinate, its internally developed tyrosine kinase inhibitor tar...

UCB announces FDA approval of ZILBRYSQ for the Treatment of Adults with Generalized Myasthenia Gravis On the 17th of October 2023, UCB (Euronext Brussels: UCB) made an announcement regarding the approval of ZILBRYSQ® (zilucoplan) by the US FDA for the management of generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) in adult pa...

Merck Wins Another FDA Approval for Blockbuster Keytruda Merck & Co arrived just two months after GSK celebrated a positive phase III result with its checkpoint inhibitor Jemperli as a first-line therapy for endometrial cancer. Keytruda (pembrolizumab) from Merck improved progression-free survival (PFS) vers...

Drug pricing is one of the hottest topics in the healthcare segment. Several arguments have been put forward by people, governments, healthcare companies, and other organizations in favor of and against expensive medicines. Some of the drugs are so expensive that they are nearly out of reach of the common people. H...

Sanofi’s Rare Disease Drug Xenpozyme Wins World’s First Approval in Japan Sanofi’s Xenpozyme, also known as olipudase alfa, the world's first therapy for the rare disease Niemann-Pick type A/B and B, has been approved for the treatment of children and adults with non-CNS manifestations of Acid Sphingomyelinase D...

Biogen's Aduhelm Marketing and Approval are Under Scrutiny in New FTC and SEC Investigations Biogen can't seem to get a break when it comes to the Alzheimer's disease drug Aduhelm. Along with limited sales and a constraining Medicare coverage plan, the medicine is now facing additional scrutiny as part of a pair...

The autoimmune diseases are frequently incapacitating and, in some circumstances, fatal. There are currently more than 80 identified autoimmune disorders, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohn's Disease, Plaque Psoriasis, Ulcerative Colitis, Myasthenia Gravis, and many more with symptoms ranging from mild to severe. ...

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and fatigue. It occurs when the communication between nerve cells and muscles is disrupted. This impairment prevents critical muscle contractions from occurring, resulting in muscle weakness. This disease is associated with antibodies directed a...

FDA rejects BioMarin's gene therapy and Gilead's filgotinib over concerns The FDA refused to approve BioMarin's hemophilia A gene therapy valoctocogene roxaparvovec. The U.S. regulator that had earlier told there was no requirement of an AdComm for the drug, aka, valrox, has issued a complete response (CRL) lett...