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Biogen cuts price for Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm by half
20 December 2021 - The drug has sold poorly since its approval in June due to concerns about its safety, effectiveness ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jan 2022
CMS takes action to lower out of pocket Medicare Part D prescription drug costs
6 January 2022 - Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would make updates to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jan 2022
FDA shortens interval for booster dose of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to five months
7 January 2022 - Today, the U.S. FDA amended the emergency use authorisation for the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to shorten the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2022
AbbVie submits applications for upadacitinib (Rinvoq) in non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis to U.S. FDA and EMA
7 January 2022 - Submissions supported by Phase 3 study in which upadacitinib (Rinvoq) demonstrated significant improvements in signs and symptoms ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2022
NICE recommends MSD’s Keytruda in combination with chemotherapy for routine treatment of lung cancer
7 January 2022 - With over 48,000 new cases diagnosed per year, lung cancer is the third most common cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2022
Dynacure receives fast track designation for DYN101, an investigational antisense oligonucleotide for the treatment of myotubular and centronuclear myopathies
6 January 2022 - Dynacure today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation for its lead product ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2022
Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus Lenvima (lenvatinib) approved in Japan for patients with unresectable, advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma that progressed after cancer chemotherapy
27 December 2021 - First approval in Japan for the Keytruda plus Lenvima combination. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2022
Otsuka and Lundbeck announce FDA approval of supplemental new drug application for Rexulti (brexpiprazole) to treat schizophrenia in paediatric patients ages 13-17
6 January 2022 - Otsuka and Lundbeck announce the U.S. FDA has approved the supplemental new drug application of Rexulti ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jan 2022
ICER publishes evidence report on tirzepatide for type 2 diabetes
6 January 2022 - Tirzepatide has a novel dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist mechanism of action and is seen as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jan 2022
Updated agenda for the March 2022 PBAC meeting
5 January 2022 - The agenda for the March 2022 PBAC meeting has been updated. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jan 2022
U.S. FDA approves Immix Biopharma rare paediatric disease designation for IMX-110 as a treatment for life-threatening paediatric cancer
3 January 2021 - Immix Biopharma announced today that the U.S. FDA has granted rare paediatric disease designation for IMX-110 for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jan 2022
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals submits marketing authorisation application for AMX0035 for the Treatment of ALS
4 January 2022 - Amylyx Pharmaceuticals today announced it has submitted a marketing authorisation application to the EMA's CHMP for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jan 2022
FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation for Cullinan Oncology’s CLN-081 in patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR mutated non-small-cell lung cancer
4 January 2022 - Cullinan Oncology today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation for CLN-081 for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jan 2022
TGA grants provisional determination to AstraZeneca for COVID-19 prophylaxis and treatment, tixagevimab and cilgavimab (Evusheld)
4 January 2022 - On 4 January 2022, the TGA granted a further provisional determination to AstraZeneca in relation to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jan 2022
AbbVie announces U.S. FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation to telisotuzumab vedotin for previously treated non-small-cell lung cancer
4 January 2022 - There are currently no approved cancer therapies specifically for patients with c-Met overexpressing non-small-cell lung cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jan 2022
Zogenix submits type II variation application to the EMA to expand the use of Fintepla (fenfluramine) for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
20 December 2021 - Zogenix today announced that it has submitted its type II variation market authorisation application to the EMA ...