pharma news

Mar 15, 2022

FDA Clears AstraZeneca and Merck’s Lynparza as an Adjuvant Breast Cancer Therapy The FDA approved the AstraZeneca and Merck drug for a specific group of patients with high-risk early breast cancer after chemotherapy treatment, either before or after surgery. Lynparza cements its position as the best-selling PARP...

Mar 08, 2022

Eli Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim’s Jardiance Giving Competition to AstraZeneca’s Farxiga with EU Approval Jardiance, the diabetes blockbuster from Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim, recently received a Heart Failure label expansion in the United States. Now, the drug is expanding into Europe, with a nod that mig...

Mar 01, 2022

GSK’s Covifenz, A Plant-Based COVID Vaccine, Receives First Approval The recombinant COVID-19 vaccine developed by Medicago, now known as Covifenz, has received approval in Canada, the company's home country. Covifenz employs Coronavirus-Like Particle (CoVLP) technology, with the vaccine consisting of recombinan...

Feb 22, 2022

Sandoz Launches generic Revlimid in 19 European Countries, Bringing a Flood of Competition to BMS' Megablockbuster Since Bristol Myers Squibb acquired Celgene and its megablockbuster Revlimid, the company has been bracing for the day when the multiple myeloma superstar would face generic competition. Sandoz, a s...

Feb 08, 2022

Biogen's Aduhelm Marketing and Approval are Under Scrutiny in New FTC and SEC Investigations Biogen can't seem to get a break when it comes to the Alzheimer's disease drug Aduhelm. Along with limited sales and a constraining Medicare coverage plan, the medicine is now facing additional scrutiny as part of a pair...

Feb 01, 2022

Immunocore Receives FDA Approval for the First Uveal Melanoma Treatment, As Well As the First T-cell Receptor Therapeutics Uveal Melanoma, an aggressive eye cancer, has proven to be a tough nut to crack for researchers seeking a cure. However, with the approval of a new treatment, those with the disorder will ha...

Jan 25, 2022

Merck’s Chronic Cough Med Gefapixant Receives A Red Flag From the FDA, Requests For More Data On 24th January 2022, Merck & Co. announced FDA rejection for its New Drug Application (NDA) of Gefapixant (experimental drug) for unexplained or chronic cough. FDA asked for additional information on the drug, rela...

Jan 18, 2022

Algernon receives positive FDA feedback on Phase IIb chronic cough trial The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given positive feedback for Algernon Pharmaceuticals’ Phase IIb clinical trial of NP-120 (ifenprodil) for chronic cough treatment.  A receptor antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), ifenp...

Jan 11, 2022

Noxxon continues enrolment in a glioblastoma therapy trial Noxxon Pharma continues subject enrolment in the GLORIA clinical trial of NOX-A12 in brain cancer (glioblastoma) patients. The move comes after the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) evaluated safety results from the preliminary four-week treatment with...

Jan 04, 2022

FDA approves IND application of Accutar for a prostate cancer treatment trial The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Accutar Biotechnology’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for Phase I clinical trial of AC0176 for treating metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). An i...