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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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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Israeli medical devices manufacturer ApiFix has bagged approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing its minimally invasive deformity correction system (MID-C system) or the treatment of progressive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) through a humanitarian device exemption (HDE). Considered to be the most common form of scoliosis, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis impacts 2-3% […]
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Israeli biotech company Biobeat has secured a 510A clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its wearable watch and patch for monitoring blood pressure (BP), oxygenation, and heart rate in clinics, hospitals, long term care and at home. The user will have to use one or the other device, while the watch […]
Continue reading …Gilead Sciences bags Descovy FDA approval for prevention of HIV infection
December 1, 2019 No Comment
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 […]
Continue reading …Global Blood Therapeutics bags Oxbryta FDA approval for sickle cell disease
November 27, 2019 No Comment
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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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 […]
Continue reading …SK Biopharmaceuticals bags XCOPRI FDA approval for partial-onset seizures
November 23, 2019 No Comment
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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Carestream’s Dual Energy imaging technology and also its Focus 35C Detector with Image Suite Software have secured 510 (k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Powered by Carestream’s Eclipse image-processing engine, the dual-energy application utilizes a couple of filter materials which are switched automatically between the high- and low-energy exposures. This helps […]
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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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