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UCB 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...

South Rampart Pharma Receives U.S. FDA Fast Track Designation for SRP-001 for Acute Pain On October 12, 2023, South Rampart Pharma, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted Fast Track status to its drug candidate, SRP-001, intended for the management of acute pain. SRP-001 is a...

AbbVie Presents Results from Phase III CANOVA Study of Venetoclax in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma AbbVie has released findings from its Phase III CANOVA trial, which assessed the safety and effectiveness of venetoclax (marketed as VENCLEXTA®/VENCLYXTO®) in combination with dexamethasone ...

EBGLYSS Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis Almirall S.A. announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) issued a positive opinion recommending the marketing authorization of EBGLYSS (lebrikizumab) for the treatment o...

Bristol Myers Squibb’s Investigational LPA1 Antagonist Reduces Rate of Lung Function Decline in Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis Cohort of Phase II Study BMS-986278, a potential first-in-class oral lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 (LPA1) antagonist, was studied in patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF)...

FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designations to Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for HER2+ Solid Tumors, Including mCRC ENHERTU® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been granted two additional Breakthrough Therapy Designations (BTDs) in the United States for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastati...

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 Clears J&J’s 2-in-1 Tablet for Prostate Cancer Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies stated that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved AKEEGA (niraparib and abiraterone acetate), the first-and-only dual-action tablet combining a PARP inhibitor including abiraterone ace...

FDA Expands GSK’s Jemperli Approval for Endometrial Cancer GSK plc announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Jemperli (dostarlimab) in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, followed by Jemperli as a single agent for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair deficient...

Astellas Announces FDA Grants Priority Review for Zolbetuximab Biologics License Application Astellas Pharma Inc. announced that the FDA has accepted and granted Priority Review for the company's Biologics Licence Application (BLA) for zolbetuximab, a first-in-class investigational Claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2)-target...