European Commission approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy for certain patients with oesophageal cancer or HER2 negative gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma

29 June 2021 - Keytruda is first anti-PD-1 therapy approved in Europe in combination with chemotherapy for first-line treatment of ...

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Médunik Canada once again receives Notice of Compliance from Health Canada for Ruzurgi (amifampridine) following review ordered by court ruling

29 June 2021 - Médunik Canada is pleased to announce that Health Canada has reissued the approval (Notice of Compliance) ...

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Cend Therapeutics’ CEND-1 granted fast track designation for pancreatic cancer

29 June 2021 - The US FDA has granted fast track development status for Cend’s investigational drug, CEND-1, for the ...

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FDA grants fast track designation to CNS Pharmaceuticals for berubicin for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme

29 June 2021 - FDA fast track designation for berubicin highlights the serious unmet medical need for new treatments for glioblastoma ...

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MediWound receives complete response letter from US FDA for NexoBrid biologics license application

29 June 2021 - Company remains committed to working with FDA toward a potential approval for this important therapy. ...

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Neuros Medical receives FDA breakthrough device designation for its novel Altius high frequency nerve block system

29 June 2021 - Neuros Medical announced today that it has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. FDA for the ...

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Inside ‘Project Onyx’: how Biogen used an FDA back channel to win approval of its polarising Alzheimer’s drug

29 June 2021 - It was perhaps the most contentious drug approval in decades, shocking drug company executives, insurance companies, ...

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Roche’s Enspryng approved by European Commission as first and only at home subcutaneous treatment for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

28 June 2021 - In Phase 3 trials, ENSPRYNG significantly reduced the number and severity of relapses in people with AQP4-IgG ...

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Medexus receives Notice of Compliance to commercialise Treosulfan in Canada

28 June 2021 - Medexus Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has received a Notice of Compliance from Health Canada to ...

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Update of EU recommendations for 2021–2022 seasonal flu vaccine composition

28 June 2021 - EMA has issued an update of the EU recommendations for the influenza virus strains that vaccine ...

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Agios submits marketing authorisation application to European Medicines Agency for mitapivat for treatment of adults with pyruvate kinase deficiency

28 June 2021 - Agios Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has submitted a marketing authorisation application for mitapivat to the EMA ...

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BioMarin resubmits marketing authorisation application to European Medicines Agency for valoctocogene roxaparvovec to treat severe haemophilia A

28 June 2021 - Valoctocogene roxaparvovec MAA granted request for accelerated assessment. ...

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Chiasma announces submission of marketing authorisation application for Mycapssa to the European Medicines Agency

28 June 2021 - Submission supported by previously announced data from Phase 3 MPOWERED trial. ...

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Gilead submits new drug application to U.S. FDA for lenacapavir, an investigational, long-acting capsid inhibitor for the treatment of HIV-1 in people with limited therapy options

28 June 2021 - If approved, lenacapavir would be the first capsid inhibitor and the only HIV-1 treatment option administered ...

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Catalyst Biosciences receives FDA fast track designation for subcutaneous MarzAA for the treatment of episodic bleeding in factor VII deficiency

28 June 2021 - Catalyst Biosciences today announced the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation for Marzeptacog alfa (activated), MarzAA, ...

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