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Apr 30, 2025
Navigating U.S. Tariffs in 2025: Impacts and Strategies for Pharma and Healthcare
In 2025, the United States launched a bold new wave of tariffs, targeting imports critical to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. These policies, driven by a push to strengthen domestic manufacturing, impose a 10% tariff on all imported goods, alongside steeper levies of up to 245% on Chinese active pharm...
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Apr 29, 2025
Boston Scientific Pushes Forward Despite $200M Tariff Challenge; Northstrive Biosciences Gets FDA Green Light to Advance EL-22 Obesity Trial; Roche Acts Swiftly to Offset U.S. Tariff Impact with Global Engagements; Verastem Oncology Secures IND Clearance for KRAS G12D Inhibitor Trial; BlackfinBio Gets FDA OK for Phase I/II Trial of BFB-101 in SPG47
Boston Scientific Pushes Forward Despite $200M Tariff Challenge Boston Scientific has announced that tariffs are expected to add approximately $200 million to its costs this year, but the company remains confident in its ability to absorb the financial hit. Despite the tariff burden, the company reported robust ...
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Apr 22, 2025
FDA Approves Sanofi/Regeneron’s DUPIXENT as First New CSU Therapy in Over a Decade; Gilead’s TRODELVY + KEYTRUDA Shows PFS Benefit in PD-L1+ TNBC; Tempest’s TPST-1495 Gets FDA Orphan Tag for FAP; uniQure’s AMT-130 Granted FDA Breakthrough for Huntington’s; NeuroNOS’ BA-102 Secures FDA Orphan Status for Phelan-McDermid Syndrome
FDA Approves Sanofi/Regeneron’s DUPIXENT as First New Targeted Therapy in Over a Decade for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi have announced that the FDA has approved DUPIXENT (dupilumab) for the treatment of adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older with chronic spontaneous...
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Apr 15, 2025
Cellenkos’ CK0801 Granted FDA Orphan Drug Status for Aplastic Anemia; Mirum’s LIVMARLI Gets FDA Nod for Tablet Formulation; SynOx’s Emactuzumab Earns FDA Fast Track for TGCT; Bristol Myers Squibb’s OPDIVO + YERVOY Combo Approved by FDA for First-Line Advanced Liver Cancer; Soleno Launches VYKAT XR, the First FDA-Approved Therapy for PWS-Related Hyperphagia
Cellenkos’ CK0801 Granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Aplastic Anemia Cellenkos® Inc. announced that the FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation to CK0801, its off-the-shelf, allogeneic T regulatory (Treg) cell therapy, for the treatment of Aplastic Anemia—a rare and life-threatening bone marrow failure diso...
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Apr 08, 2025
Amgen’s UPLIZNA Wins First FDA Nod for IgG4-Related Disease; Aldeyra Gets FDA CRL for Reproxalap in Dry Eye; Novartis’ Vanrafia Snags Accelerated FDA OK for IgAN Proteinuria; Biogen’s BIIB080 Earns Fast Track for Alzheimer’s; Epicrispr’s EPI-321 Cleared by FDA for FSHD
Amgen’s UPLIZNA Becomes First FDA-Approved Treatment for IgG4-Related Disease Amgen announced that the FDA has approved UPLIZNA (inebilizumab-cdon) as the first and only treatment for adults with Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD), a rare and chronic immune-mediated inflammatory condition that can affec...
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Apr 01, 2025
Sanofi’s Qfitlia Becomes First FDA-Approved Therapy for Hemophilia A or B; FDA Approves AstraZeneca’s IMFINZI as First Perioperative Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer; Beam Therapeutics’ BEAM-302 for AATD Receives FDA Clearance; AstraZeneca’s CALQUENCE Combo Greenlit in EU for Mantle Cell Lymphoma; Ionis’ WAINZUA Wins EU Approval for Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis
Sanofi’s Qfitlia Becomes First US-Approved Therapy for Hemophilia A or B The FDA has approved Qfitlia (fitusiran), the first antithrombin-lowering therapy for routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce bleeding episodes in hemophilia A or hemophilia B patients (ages 12+) with or without inhibitors. Approval is bas...
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Mar 25, 2025
Clover’s SCB-1019 RSV Revaccination Study Clears U.S. IND; FDA Approves AMVUTTRA for ATTR-CM CV Risk Reduction; Pembrolizumab Combo Greenlit for HER2+ Gastric/GEJ Cancer; TREMFYA Becomes First IL-23 Inhibitor Approved for Crohn’s; FDA OKs GOZELLIX for Prostate Cancer Imaging
Clover’s RSV Vaccine Candidate SCB-1019 Gains U.S. IND Clearance for Revaccination Study Clover Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd. has received FDA clearance for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application and has initiated a Phase I revaccination clinical trial for SCB-1019, its non-adjuvanted bivalent RSV prefusion-s...
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Mar 18, 2025
FDA Expands SOLIRIS for Pediatric Myasthenia Gravis; vTv’s Cadisegliatin Program Resumes as FDA Lifts Hold; ENCell’s EN001 Wins Orphan Drug Designation for Charcot-Marie-Tooth; FDA Accepts Sydnexis’ NDA for SYD-101 in Pediatric Myopia; Cambium Bio’s Potency Assay Strategy Cleared for Elate Ocular Phase III Trials
MDA Applauds FDA’s Expanded Approval of Soliris for Pediatric Generalized Myasthenia Gravis The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) celebrates the FDA approval of an expanded indication for Alexion/AstraZeneca’s eculizumab (Soliris), now authorized for pediatric patients aged six and older with generalized myas...
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Mar 11, 2025
Neurotech’s ENCELTO Becomes First FDA-Approved Treatment for MacTel Type 2; Plus Therapeutics’ Rhenium Obisbemeda Gets FDA Orphan Status; Novo Nordisk Cuts WEGOVY to $499/Month; Capricor’s Deramiocel Wins FDA Priority Review; Celltrion’s OMLYCLO Becomes First Interchangeable XOLAIR Biosimilar
Neurotech’s ENCELTO Becomes First FDA-Approved Treatment for Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that the FDA has approved ENCELTO (revakinagene taroretcel-lwey) for the treatment of Macular Telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel), a progressive neurodegenerative retinal disease th...
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Mar 04, 2025
PRGN-2012 Wins Priority Review for Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis; PYX-201 Granted Fast Track for R/M HNSCC; AJA001 IND Cleared for Autism Spectrum Disorder; LAE120 IND Approved for Advanced Solid Tumors; Relacorilant NDA Accepted for Hypercortisolism Treatment
FDA Grants Priority Review to Precigen’s BLA for PRGN-2012 in Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis Precigen, Inc. announced that the FDA has accepted its Biologics License Application (BLA) for PRGN-2012 (zopapogene imadenovec†), an investigational AdenoVerse gene therapy for adults with recurrent respiratory pa...
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