US seeks pharmaceutical deal with Switzerland to fast-track FDA approvals

27 June 2022 - The Biden administration wants to reach a narrow sectoral trade agreement with the Swiss pharmaceutical industry, ...

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CHMP issues a positive opinion recommending full approval of Oncopeptides Pepaxti in EU for patients with triple class refractory multiple myeloma

23 June 2022 - Oncopeptides today announces that the EMA's CHMP, has unanimously adopted a positive opinion recommending a full marketing ...

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Amryt to pursue formal dispute resolution for Oleogel-S10 (Filsuvez) NDA

24 June 2022 - Amryt today announces that the company plans to submit a formal dispute resolution request for the ...

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Emergent BioSolutions announces FDA acceptance of biologics license application for AV7909 anthrax vaccine candidate

24 June 2022 - Emergent BioSolutions announced today that the U.S. FDA accepted for review the biologics license application for AV7909 ...

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argenx receives positive CHMP opinion for efgartigimod for the treatment of adult patients with generalised myasthenia gravis in Europe

24 June 2022 - Positive opinion based on Phase 3 ADAPT trial showing efgartigimod provided clinically meaningful improvements in strength and ...

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U.S. FDA approves Bristol Myers Squibb’s CAR T cell therapy Breyanzi for relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma after one prior therapy

24 June 2022 - In the pivotal Phase 3 TRANSFORM trial, single infusion of Breyanzi significantly outperformed the nearly 30 year ...

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First gene therapy to treat severe haemophilia A

24 June 2022 - EMA has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for Roctavian (valoctocogene roxaparvovec) ...

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Highlights from the 20-23 June 2022 CHMP meeting

24 June 2022 - EMA’s CHMP recommended nine medicines for approval at its June 2022 meeting. ...

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Investigational lenacapavir receives positive CHMP opinion for people with multi-drug resistant HIV

24 June 2022 - Recommendation is based on week 26 data from the CAPELLA trial showing twice yearly lenacapavir achieved high ...

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Novartis receives positive CHMP opinion for Scemblix, a novel treatment for adult patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia

24 June 2022 -  ...

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European Commission approves Filsuvez for the treatment of dystrophic and junctional epidermolysis bullosa

23 June 2022 - Filsuvez will be the first and only approved treatment for epidermolysis bullosa patients. ...

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Health Canada expands approval of Enhertu for adults with HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer

23 June 2022 - Approval based on the ground-breaking DESTINY-Breast03 Phase 3 trial, showing Enhertu reduced the risk of disease ...

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BioNTech Receives Priority Medicines (PRIME) designation from EMA for enhanced regulatory support of CAR-T candidate BNT211 in testicular cancer

23 June 2022 - Designation follows positive interim Phase 1/2 data for BNT211 demonstrating an encouraging safety profile and early signs ...

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Astellas submits fezolinetant new drug application to U.S. FDA

24 June 2022 - Application targets treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause ...

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Expediency versus efficacy: re-examining the FDA’s accelerated drug approval process

23 June 2022 - It was precisely 30 years ago, in 1992, that the FDA established the accelerated approval program ...

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