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FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to Seres Therapeutics’ SER-155 for reduction of bloodstream infections in adults undergoing allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
9 December 2024 - Designation based on encouraging Phase 1b clinical data, including that SER-155 resulted in a 77% relative risk ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2024
Datopotamab deruxtecan granted breakthrough therapy designation in US for patients with previously treated advanced EGFR mutated non-small cell lung cancer
9 December 2024 - First breakthrough therapy designation for Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca’s datopotamab deruxtecan based on TROPION-Lung05 Phase 2 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2024
US FDA accepts GSK’s submission for the use of Nucala (mepolizumab) in COPD
9 December 2024 - Submission supported by MATINEE data showing significant and clinically meaningful reduction in annualised rate of moderate/severe exacerbations ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2024
Autopsy of a drug withdrawal — the case of melphalan flufenamide
7 December 2024 - The accelerated approval pathway, which was established in 1992, has expedited approvals of drugs for serious and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2024
FDA accepts supplemental biologics license application for Roche’s Columvi combination for people with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
5 December 2024 - Application is based on data from the Phase 3 STARGLO study where Columvi plus chemotherapy showed a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2024
Imfinzi granted priority review in the US for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer
6 December 2024 - Decision based on NIAGARA Phase 3 trial results which demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2024
FDA approves durvalumab for limited-stage small cell lung cancer
4 December 2024 - Today, the FDA approved durvalumab (Imfinzi, AstraZeneca) for adults with limited-stage small cell lung cancer whose ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2024
FDA grants accelerated approval to zenocutuzumab-zbco for non-small cell lung cancer and pancreatic adenocarcinoma
4 December 2024 - This represents the first FDA approval of a systemic therapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2024
PIF Partners granted FDA rare paediatric disease designation for its proprietary small molecule in treating systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis flares
3 December 2024 - PIF Partners announced today that the US FDA has granted rare paediatric disease designation to its proprietary ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2024
Saol Therapeutics announces submission of new drug application to the US FDA for SL1009
3 December 2024 - Saol Therapeutics today announced the submission of a new drug application to the US FDA for approval ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2024
Lantern Pharma's investigational drug candidate, LP-184, receives second fast track designation from FDA for treatment of triple negative breast cancer
3 December 2024 - LP-184 has demonstrated significant pre-clinical efficacy in triple negative breast cancer models, including those resistant to PARP ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2024
FDA grants fast track designation to CRB-701 for the treatment of relapsed or refractory metastatic cervical cancer
3 December 2024 - Corbus Pharmaceuticals announced today that the US FDA has granted fast track designation to CRB-701 for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2024
US FDA approves Biocon Biologics' Yesintek biosimilar to J&J's Stelara (ustekinumab)
2 December 2024 - Biocon Biologics announced today that the US FDA has approved Yesintek (ustekinumab-kfce), a biosimilar to the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2024
Rigel announces R289 granted fast track designation by the FDA for lower risk myelodysplastic syndrome
2 December 2024 - Rigel Pharmaceuticals today announced that the US FDA has granted fast track designation to R289 for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2024
FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to sacituzumab tirumotecan for the treatment of certain patients with previously treated advanced or metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR mutations
3 December 2024 - First breakthrough therapy designation for investigational sac-TMT in the US. ...