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...
Find MoreThe FDA has approved label extensions for two of the most crucial cancer medications globally—Merck’s Keytruda and Pfizer and Astellas’ Xtandi. Keytruda’s expanded indication now includes stomach cancer, permitting its usage alongside chemotherapy for first-line treatment in patients with locally advanced unresecta...
Find MoreAskBio 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 ...
Find MoreUCB 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...
Find MoreBristol Myers Squibb’s Zeposia has lost its exclusive status as the sole S1P receptor modulator available for ulcerative colitis treatment. The FDA has granted approval for Pfizer’s ulcerative colitis medication, Etrasimod, under the brand name Velsipity. This decision comes after the publication of Phase III resul...
Find MoreOn 26 June 2023, the rush to develop obesity therapies appeared to have raised the bar, as an experimental weight-loss drug from US pharma company Eli Lilly yielded the greatest effects of any treatment observed thus far. The American Diabetes Association’s annual meeting has brought the competitive dynamics of ...
Find MoreFDA 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...
Find MoreFDA Approves ABRYSVO™, Pfizer’s Vaccine for the Prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Older Adults Pfizer Inc. announced that the FDA has authorized ABRYSVO (Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine), the company's bivalent RSV prefusion F (RSVpreF) vaccine, for the prevention of lower respiratory...
Find MoreInfections due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have seriously troubled drug makers for decades and the need for a vaccine was on since the 1960s. According to the assessment done by DelveInsight on the latest published “Respiratory Syncytial Virus Epidemiology Report,” it is estimated to affect approximately 5...
Find MoreRespiratory syncytial virus is estimated to affect approximately 5 million cases this year in the United States and 2.5 million RSV cases in the EU4 countries and the United Kingdom. As per Delveinsight analysis on the latest published “Respiratory Syncytial Virus Epidemiology Report,” the US comprised ~70%, ~27%, ...
Find MoreThe American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is one of the largest and most respected conferences in the field of oncology. Held annually, this conference brings together researchers, physicians, and other healthcare professionals from around the world to discuss the latest advances in cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment.