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New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 April 2024
1 April 2024 - The April 2024 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2024
LISCure Biosciences receives US FDA fast track designation for LB-P8 for the treatment of primary sclerosing cholangitis
29 March 2024 - Phase 2 study is underway and LB-P8 is the only live biotherapeutic product currently reported to be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2024
Paladin Labs announces approval of Wakix (pitolisant hydrochloride tablets) for use in paediatric patients in Canada
28 March 2024 - Indication includes children ages 6 years and older and weighing at least 30 kg. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2024
PTC announces submission of sepiapterin MAA for treatment of PKU to EMA
28 March 2024 - First marketing authorisation submission for sepiapterin with additional global submissions to follow in 2024. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2024
Korean drug for metabolism-related steatohepatitis gets FDA’s fast track designation
28 March 2024 - D&D Pharmatech said Thursday that DD01, an injectable treatment for metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) being developed by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2024
Abilify Maintena 960 mg (aripiprazole) approved in the EU as the first once every two months long-acting injectable for the maintenance treatment of schizophrenia
27 March 2024 - Otsuka Pharmaceutical announces that its subsidiary Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe and Lundbeck announced that the European Commission ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2024
China's National Medical Products Administration accepts Astellas and Pfizer's supplemental biologics license application for enfortumab vedotin with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for first-line treatment of advanced bladder cancer
28 March 2024 - Pivotal trial found the enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab combination significantly extended overall and progression-free survival vs platinum-containing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2024
IntraBio announces US FDA accepts new dug application for IB1001 for the treatment of Niemann-Pick disease type C
26 March 2024 - PDUFA date set for 24 September 2024. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2024
European Commission approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy as neo-adjuvant treatment, then continued as monotherapy as adjuvant treatment, for resectable non-small cell lung cancer at high risk of recurrence in adults
28 March 2024 - Decision marks the first approval in Europe for an anti-PD-1/L1 therapy in resectable non-small cell lung ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2024
Akebia receives FDA approval of Vafseo (vadadustat) tablets for the treatment of anaemia due to chronic kidney disease in adult patients on dialysis
27 March 2024 - Once daily oral HIF-PH inhibitor activates physiologic response to manage anaemia. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2024
89bio receives EMA PRIME status for pegozafermin in the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) with fibrosis and compensated cirrhosis
27 March 2024 - PRIME status is supported by positive data from the Phase 2b ENLIVEN trial of pegozafermin. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2024
Truqap plus Faslodex approved in Japan for patients with advanced HR positive breast cancer
27 March 2024 - Approval based on CAPItello-291 results which showed Truqap plus Faslodex reduced the risk of disease progression ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2024
Beyfortus approved in Japan for the prevention of RSV disease in infants
27 March 2024 - First and only RSV preventive option for broad infant population authorised for use in Japan. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2024
Norgine receives positive CHMP opinion recommending approval of NPJ5008 (dantrolene sodium hemiheptahydrate) for the treatment of malignant hyperthermia
26 March 2024 - Norgine today announced that the CHMP of the EMA has adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2024
PHARMAC funds new treatments for breast and blood cancer
27 March 2024 - PHARMAC is funding two new cancer treatments, one for advanced breast cancer (ribociclib succinate) and one ...