Highlights from the 27-30 May 2024 CHMP meeting

31 May 2024 - The EMA’s CHMP recommended 14 medicines for approval at its May 2024 meeting. ...

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FDA plans to release AI drug development guidance this year

30 May 2024 - The US FDA plans to release a draft guidance this year on the use of artificial intelligence/machine ...

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NH TherAguix receives FDA fast track designation for AGuIX, its novel radio-enhancer in the treatment of malignant gliomas, and provides an update on its developments and prospects

30 May 2024 - Key regulatory milestone confirming the interest of the US authorities in AGuIX, a next generation nanodrug ...

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Annual report highlights progress in science, medicines and health in 2023

30 May 2024 - EMA’s annual report 2023 published today details the Agency’s contributions to public and animal health in the ...

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US FDA approves Bristol Myers Squibb’s Breyanzi as a new CAR T-cell therapy for relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma

30 May 2024 - In the MCL cohort of TRANSCEND-NHL-001, Breyanzi delivered responses in 85.3% of patients with a one-time infusion ...

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European Commission adopts rules for joint clinical assessments

29 May 2024 - The European Commission has adopted joint clinical assessment rules detailing how national health care systems should ...

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Affimed receives fast track designation for combination therapy of AFM24 with atezolizumab for EGFR wild type non-small cell lung cancer

29 May 2024 - The FDA’s fast track designation was granted after its review of the initial efficacy data of the ...

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Vyluma announces marketing authorisation application validation for the European Union

29 May 2024 - Vyluma announced today that the EMA has validated the marketing authorisation application for its lead compound, NVK002.  ...

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FDA use of “proxies” to expedite drug approvals not supported by evidence, analysis finds

28 May 2024 - In the world of drug development, there has been a recent movement to speed clinical trials of ...

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FDA grants priority review to Roche’s inavolisib for advanced hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative breast cancer with a PIK3CA mutation

29 May 2024 - The target action date for the FDA decision is 27 November 2024. ...

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FDA grants priority review to Merck’s application for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment of patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma

29 May 2024 - Acceptance based on results from the pivotal Phase 3 CCTG IND.227/KEYNOTE-483 trial, which demonstrated a statistically significant ...

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FDA grants accelerated approval to selpercatinib for paediatric patients two years and older with RET-altered metastatic thyroid cancer or solid tumours

29 May 2024 - Today, the FDA granted accelerated approval to selpercatinib (Retevmo, Eli Lilly) for certain paediatric patients two ...

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Bristol Myers Squibb receives European Commission approval for Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma

29 May 2024 - Approval based on results from CheckMate-901, the first Phase 3 trial in this patient population with an ...

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FDA approves first interchangeable biosimilar for two rare diseases

28 May 2024 - Today, the US FDA approved Bkemv (eculizumab-aeeb) as the first interchangeable biosimilar to Soliris (eculizumab) to ...

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Vera Therapeutics receives US FDA breakthrough therapy designation for atacicept in immunoglobulin A nephropathy

28 May 2024 - Vera Therapeutics today announced that the US FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to atacicept for the ...

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