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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) provisionally approved for use as a booster in individuals aged 16-17 years old
28 January 2022 - The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty for use as a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
Lantern Pharma receives rare paediatric disease and orphan drug designations for LP-184 for the treatment of atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour
24 January 2022 - Lantern Pharma today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted both rare paediatric disease designation and orphan ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2022
Catalyst Biosciences receives rare paediatric disease designation for CB 4332 for the treatment of CFI deficiency
25 January 2022 - Catalyst Biosciences today announced the U.S. FDA has granted rare paediatric disease designation for CB 4332 for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jan 2022
Genentech’s Evrysdi (risdiplam) granted FDA priority review for treatment of presymptomatic babies under 2 months of age with spinal muscular atrophy
24 January 2022 - Interim data submitted to the FDA show majority of pre-symptomatic babies treated with Evrysdi for at least ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2022
Pfizer and OPKO provide update on the biologics license application for somatrogon for paediatric growth hormone deficiency
21 January 2022 - Pfizer and OPKO Health announced today that the U.S. FDA issued a complete response letter for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2022
Japan’s MHLW approves Pfizer and OPKO’s Ngenla (somatrogon), a new long-acting treatment for paediatric growth hormone deficiency
20 January 2022 - Ngenla offers a new once weekly treatment option for children living with growth hormone deficiency. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
Immunotherapy with blinatumomab improves the chances of survival in very rare childhood blood cancer
20 January 2022 - The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) today classified the additional benefit of the active ingredient blinatumomab as significant ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2022
Ascendis Pharma receives European Approval for TransCon hGH for paediatric growth hormone deficiency
13 January 2022 - TransCon hGH (approved by the European Commission as Lonapegsomatropin Ascendis Pharma) is a once-weekly prodrug of somatropin ...
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 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 03 Jan 2022
FDA takes multiple actions to expand use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
3 January 2021 - Today, the U.S. FDA amended the emergency use authorisation for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to: ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Dec 2021
Children and young people set to benefit from new treatment for peanut allergy
23 December 2021 - Children and young people aged between 4 and 17 with a peanut allergy could be set to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Dec 2021
Novartis Cosentyx receives FDA approval for the treatment of children and adolescents with enthesitis related arthritis and psoriatic arthritis
22 December 2021 - New approvals are based on JUNIPERA trial data showing Cosentyx (secukinumab) demonstrated reduced flare risk versus placebo ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Dec 2021
Pfizer and BioNTech submit updated longer-term follow-up data of Comirnaty in adolescents 12 through 15 years of age to EMA
23 December 2021 - Pfizer and BioNTech today announced that they have submitted longer-term follow-up data from the companies’ pivotal Phase ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Dec 2021
FDA approves drug to treat, help prevent types of blood clots in certain pediatric populations
20 December 2021 - FDA has approved Xarelto (rivaroxaban) as tablets and an oral suspension to treat venous thromboembolism, or blood ...