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Incyte secures FDA priority review for pemigatinib in cholangiocarcinoma

Delaware-based pharma company Incyte has secured priority review for pemigatinib from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma. The priority review for pemigatinib is for the treatment of the condition in previously treated patients having FGFR2 fusions or rearrangements. Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare cancer that occurs […]

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Y-mAbs begins roll-out of BLA of naxitamab to FDA for neuroblastoma

US biopharma company Y-mAbs Therapeutics has submitted the first portions of its biologics license application (BLA) for naxitamab to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), seeking the drug’s approval for the treatment of relapsed/refractory high-risk neuroblastoma under the latter’s Rolling Review process. Naxitamab, an anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody, was granted the FDA breakthrough therapy designation […]

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Gilead Sciences bags Descovy FDA approval for prevention of HIV infection

Descovy FDA approval : Gilead Sciences’ Descovy (emtricitabine 200 mg and tenofovir alafenamide 25 mg tablets; F/TAF) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) or in other words prevention of HIV infection.. PrEP is defined as an HIV prevention method in which medicine is taken everyday before […]

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Global Blood Therapeutics bags Oxbryta FDA approval for sickle cell disease

Oxbryta FDA approval : Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT), a California-based biopharma company, has bagged approval for Oxbryta (voxelotor) tablets from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for sickle cell disease (SCD). The FDA approval of Oxbryta is for the treatment of adults and children, aged 12 years of age and older, who are suffering […]

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Usona Institute gets FDA breakthrough status for psilocybin in MDD

Wisconsin-based Usona Institute has been granted breakthrough therapy designation for psilocybin from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). According to Usona Institute, the designation secured by psilocybin for major depressive disorder acknowledges the unmet medical need in the broad population and also the potential for significant […]

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SK Biopharmaceuticals bags XCOPRI FDA approval for partial-onset seizures

XCOPRI FDA approval : SK Biopharmaceuticals said that its US subsidiary SK Life Science has been granted approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its anti-epileptic drug XCOPRI (cenobamate tablets) for the treatment for partial-onset seizures in adults. According to the FDA, a seizure is normally a short episode of abnormal electrical activity […]

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Levo gets FDA fast track status for LV-101 in Prader-Willi syndrome

US biotech company Levo Therapeutics has been granted fast track designation for LV-101 (intranasal carbetocin) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). According to the US National Library of Medicine, Prader-Willi syndrome is a complex genetic condition that impacts several parts of the body. In infancy, Prader-Willi […]

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Novartis bags Adakveo FDA approval to reduce VOCs in sickle cell disease

Adakveo FDA approval : Swiss drugmaker Novartis has bagged approval for Adakveo (crizanlizumab-tmca) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its use in sickle cell disease. Formerly known as SEG101, Adakveo has been indicated to be used for bringing down the frequency of vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs), or pain crises, in patients, aged 16 […]

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F2G gets olorofim breakthrough therapy status from FDA for mold infection

F2G has secured breakthrough therapy designation to olorofim (formerly F901318) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  for the treatment of invasive mold infections. The breakthrough therapy designation is for the use of olorofim in patients having limited or no treatment options, and also those who are intolerant to currently available therapy for their […]

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Celgene, Acceleron bag Reblozyl FDA approval for anemia in beta thalassemia

Reblozyl FDA approval : Celgene and Acceleron Pharma have bagged approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Reblozyl (luspatercept-aamt) for the treatment of anemia associated with beta thalassemia in adults who need regular red blood cell (RBC) transfusions. Reblozyl is now the first and only erythroid maturation agent to be approved by […]

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