Orphan Drug Designation

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...

FDA Approves ZURZUVAE, the First and Only Oral Treatment Approved for Women with Postpartum Depression Biogen Inc. and Sage Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the FDA has approved ZURZUVAE (zuranolone) 50 mg for individuals with postpartum depression (PPD). ZURZUVAE is the first and only 14-day oral, once-daily t...

FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Severe Hemophilia A BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a global biotechnology company dedicated to transforming lives through genetic discovery, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ROCTAVIAN (valoctocogene roxaparvovec-rvox) gene therapy for the tr...

FDA Approves Jardiance for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Children 10 Years and Older Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company announced that the FDA has approved Jardiance® (empagliflozin) 10 mg and 25 mg tablets to decrease blood sugar together with diet and exercise in children 10 years and older w...

FDA Approves GSK’s Arexvy, the First RSV Vaccine for Older Adults GSK plc stated that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Arexvy (respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, adjuvanted) for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in peopl...

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Osemitamab for Pancreatic Cancer Transcenta Holding Limited has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Orphan Drug Designation to Osemitamab (TST001), a highly potent humanized monoclonal antibody that enhances ADCC (antibody-dependent cell-me...

Novartis Announces the Positive Results of Phase III NATALEE trial Evaluating Kisqali Novartis announced positive topline results from an interim analysis of NATALEE, a Phase III trial evaluating Kisqali® (ribociclib) plus endocrine therapy (ET) in a broad population of patients with hormone receptor-positive/hu...

AbbVie Announces Positive Results of Study Evaluating SKYRIZI in Plaque Psoriasis Patients AbbVie announced new 52-week data from an open-label, a single-arm study demonstrating improved plaque psoriasis signs and symptoms in a difficult-to-treat patient population who received SKYRIZI® (risankizumab), an IL-23 ...

Sage Therapeutics Receives EU Orphan Drug Designation for Huntington's Disease Treatment Candidate Sage Therapeutics declared the European Medicines Agency granted Orphan Drug Designation to SAGE-718 for the treatment of Huntington's disease. SAGE-718 is developing as a potential oral therapy for cognitive disor...

AstraZeneca’s Danicopan Shows Positive Results in Phase III Trial Danicopan, an oral Factor D inhibitor developed by AstraZeneca, was expected to fail a phase II trial in rare kidney disease in 2020, but a new readout could revive the drug. Danicopan (ALXN2040) has demonstrated efficacy as an adjunct treatment f...