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Sep 03, 2024
Bayer Phase III NSCLC Trial; D&D Pharmatech Gets FDA Nod for GLP-1R Agonist in Multiple Scletosis; Merck Halts Two KEYTRUDA Trials; Novartis Expands LEQVIO After Phase III Success; Alnylam Reports Strong Phase III Data for Vutrisiran
Bayer Starts Phase III Trial In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Bayer has officially enrolled the first patient in the global Phase III SOHO-02 trial, which will evaluate the efficacy and safety of BAY 2927088 as a first-line treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with activating HER2 mutat...
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Aug 27, 2024
Merck’s WINREVAIR™ EU Approval; BALVERSA for Urothelial Carcinoma; Novartis and Versant’s Borealis Launched; Moderna’s RSV mRESVIA® EU Approval; FDA Nods RYBREVANT® and LAZCLUZE™ for EGFR-mutated Lung Cancer
Merck’s WINREVAIR Approved by the European Commission for PAH in Adults with Functional Class II-III Merck has secured European Commission (EC) approval for WINREVAIR™ (sotatercept), marking it as the first activin signaling inhibitor therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) approved across all 27 EU me...
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Aug 20, 2024
Gilead’s Livdelzi FDA Approval for Primary Biliary Cholangitis; Incyte and Syndax’s Niktimvo Approved for Graft-Versus-Host Disease; FDA Lifts Hold on BioNTech and MediLink’s ADC Cancer Trial; FDA Approves IMFINZI for Resectable Lung Cancer; Yutrepia Receives Tentative Approval for PAH and PH-ILD
Gilead’s Livdelzi (Seladelpar) Granted Accelerated Approval for Primary Biliary Cholangitis by FDA Gilead Sciences, Inc. has received accelerated approval from the FDA for Livdelzi® (seladelpar) in the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). Livdelzi can be used in combination with ursodeoxycholic acid (...
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Aug 13, 2024
FDA Approves Ascendis Pharma’s YORVIPATH; ARS Pharma Gets FDA Green Light for First Nasal Spray; FDA Rejects Lykos’ MDMA-Assisted PTSD Therapy; Novartis’ FABHALTA Receives FDA Accelerated Approval; Servier Snags FDA Approval for Voranigo
Ascendis Pharma Lands Long-Awaited FDA Drug Approval in Rare Hormone Deficiency Ascendis Pharma A/S has announced that the FDA has approved YORVIPATH (palopegteriparatide; developed as TransCon PTH) for the treatment of hypoparathyroidism in adults. YORVIPATH, a prodrug of parathyroid hormone (PTH[1-34]), is adm...
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Aug 06, 2024
Tecelra by Adaptimmune: First FDA-Approved Engineered Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors; GSK’s JEMPERLI Approved for Endometrial Cancer; MBX Biosciences Secures $63.5M in Series C for PEP™ Platform; FDA Stops Actinium’s Radiotherapy Blood Cancer Plans, Pushing Partnering Shift; Otsuka Acquires Jnana for Up to $1.1B, Enhancing Drug Discovery
Adaptimmune’s TECELRA Becomes First FDA-Approved Engineered Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors Adaptimmune Therapeutics announced that the FDA has approved (afamitresgene autoleucel), which will be marketed under the brand name TECELRA, for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic synovial sarcoma. This marks the ...
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Jul 30, 2024
IMFINZI’s AEGEAN Phase III Trial Data for Treating Resectable NSCLC; Ipsen and Day One’s Exclusive Agreement to License and Market Tovorafenib Outside the US; Alzheimer’s Drug LEQUEMBI Rejected by EU; EU Apporves Pfizer’s Gene Therapy DURVEQTIX; CHMP Approves SPEVIGO’s New Indications
The FDA Advisory Committee Considers the AEGEAN Phase III Trial Data in their Review of IMFINZI for Treating Resectable NSCLC The FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) acknowledged that AstraZeneca’s IMFINZI (durvalumab) achieved the primary endpoint of event-free survival (EFS) in resectable non-small...
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Jul 23, 2024
CEPI Grants $41.3 Million to Valneva; Innovent Achieves Phase III Success for Mazdutide; GSK’s BLENREP Combination Therapies EMA Review Application; Darolutamide Phase III ARANOTE Trial; Roche’s SUSVIMO Shows Long-Term Efficacy
CEPI Grants $41.3 Million to Valneva to Enhance Global Access to First Chikungunya Vaccine The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Valneva SE have expanded their partnership to enhance access to the world's first chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ®, in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). CEPI will...
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Jul 09, 2024
Lilly’s Morphic Acquisition; IDEAYA’s IDE397 Positive Phase II Trial Result; XPOVIO (selinexor) Approval in China; Roche to Reintroduce Susvimo in the US; Dupixent EU Approval
Lilly Strengthens IBD Treatment Portfolio with Morphic Acquisition Eli Lilly and Company and Morphic Holding, Inc. announced a definitive agreement for Lilly to acquire Morphic, a biopharmaceutical company developing oral integrin therapies for serious chronic diseases. Lilly will initiate a tender offer to acqu...
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Jul 02, 2024
Eisai Announces Solo Development of Farletuzumab Ecteribulin (FZEC); Johnson & Johnson’s Nipocalimab Phase III Trial; Merck’s WINREVAIR EU CHMP Recommendation; Verona Pharma’s Ohtuvayre FDA Approval; AstraZeneca’s Lynparza and Imfinzi EU Approval
Eisai Announces Solo Venture for Farletuzumab Ecteribulin (FZEC) Antibody Drug Conjugate Eisai Co., Ltd. announced the termination of its global strategic collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb for the co-development and co-commercialization of farletuzumab ecteribulin (FZEC), previously known as MORAb-202, an ...
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Jun 25, 2024
Alnylam’s HELIOS-B Phase III Study of Vutrisiran; Bristol Myers Squibb Secures FDA Nod for KRAZATI and Cetuximab; Daichii Sankyo’s EZHARMIA® Receives Japan Approval; Vertex’s Phase I/II VX-880 Trial; argenx’s VYVGART Hytrulo FDA Approval
Alnylam's HELIOS-B Phase III Study of Vutrisiran Shows Positive Results, Meeting All Primary and Secondary Endpoints Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported encouraging topline outcomes from its HELIOS-B Phase III study of vutrisiran, an experimental RNAi therapy being developed to treat ATTR amyloidosis with car...
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