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AskBio Announces First Patient Randomized in Phase 1 Trial of AB-1005 Gene Therapy for Multiple System Atrophy-Parkinsonian Type Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc., a gene therapy firm fully owned and independently operated under Bayer AG, announced the initiation of the Phase I REGENERATE MSA-101 clinical trial ...

Takeda’s ADZYNMA Approved by FDA as the First and Only Recombinant ADAMTS13 Enzyme Replacement Therapy for the Treatment of Congenital Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Takeda has received FDA approval for ADZYNMA (ADAMTS13, recombinant-krhn) for both prophylactic and on-demand treatment in adults and pediatri...

Positive Results Announced in Largest Pivotal Phase 3 Trial of a First-in-Class Oral Antibiotic to Treat Uncomplicated Gonorrhea The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP), in partnership with Innoviva, Inc. (Nasdaq: INVA), had announced a significant milestone. They revealed that zolif...

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...

South Rampart Pharma Receives U.S. FDA Fast Track Designation for SRP-001 for Acute Pain On October 12, 2023, South Rampart Pharma, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted Fast Track status to its drug candidate, SRP-001, intended for the management of acute pain. SRP-001 is a...

Sanofi and Teva Announce Exclusive Collaboration to Deliver Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment Sanofi and Teva Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in the United States, have announced a collaboration to co-develop and co-commercialize asset TEV'574, which is currently in Phase ...

AbbVie Presents Results from Phase III CANOVA Study of Venetoclax in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma AbbVie has released findings from its Phase III CANOVA trial, which assessed the safety and effectiveness of venetoclax (marketed as VENCLEXTA®/VENCLYXTO®) in combination with dexamethasone ...

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)...

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...