Orphan Drug Designation

BeiGene Receives FDA Accelerated Approval for BRUKINSA in Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma BeiGene, Ltd., has declared that the FDA has provided accelerated approval for BRUKINSA® (zanubrutinib) to be used in treating adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL), when used alo...

Acoramidis Joins Bayer's Robust Lineup, Boosting Cardiology Solutions Bayer has obtained the exclusive rights to market acoramidis in Europe from Eidos Therapeutics Inc., BridgeBio International GmbH, and BridgeBio Europe B.V. Acoramidis, a highly potent and selective small molecule given orally, functions as a ...

Survodutide Phase II trial Shows Groundbreaking Results in Liver Disease due to MASH, with Significant Improvements in Fibrosis Boehringer Ingelheim has reported that in a Phase II trial, a significant proportion of adults treated with survodutide (BI 456906), up to 83.0%, showed a notable enhancement in metabol...

FDA Approves Xolair as First and Only Medicine for Children and Adults with One or More Food Allergies Roche has announced that the FDA has approved Xolair® (omalizumab) to mitigate allergic responses, such as anaphylaxis, that may arise from accidental exposure to various foods in both adult and pediatric patie...

GSK Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Bepirovirsen in Chronic Hepatitis B GSK plc has revealed that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Fast Track status to bepirovirsen, an experimental antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) designed to treat chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Fast Track designation ai...

4DMT Presents Positive Interim Data from Randomized Phase II PRISM Clinical Trial of Intravitreal 4D-150 Demonstrating Favorable Tolerability & Clinical Activity in Wet AMD 4D Molecular Therapeutics, a prominent company in the field of genetic medicines with a focus on harnessing the full potential of geneti...

Opdivo in Combination with CABOMETYX Demonstrates Long-Term Survival Benefits After Four Years of Follow-Up in the CheckMate -9ER Trial in First-Line Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Bristol Myers Squibb and Exelixis, Inc. have released the four-year follow-up findings from the CheckMate -9ER trial, which investiga...

Lutikizumab Showed Positive Results in a Phase II Trial of Adults with Moderate to Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa as Program Advances to Phase III AbbVie has reported the results of Phase II trials indicating that adults experiencing moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa, and who had previously not respon...

FDA Grants Priority Review to Merck’s Application for KEYTRUDA Plus Padcev for the First-Line Treatment of Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer Merck, operating as MSD internationally, reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has prioritized the review of a supplementar...

Dupixent Significantly Reduced COPD Exacerbations In Second Positive Phase III Trial The latest trial for Dupixent (dupilumab) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), called NOTUS, has delivered promising results. It showed a significant 34% reduction in COPD exacerbations, confirming earlier positive f...