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MeiraGTx announces AAV-CNGA3 granted fast track designation by U.S. FDA for treatment of achromatopsia
26 January 2021 - MeiraGTx today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation to its AAV-CNGA3 gene therapy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2021
Recordati Rare Diseases: Carbaglu (carglumic acid) receives U.S. FDA approval for a new indication to treat acute hyperammonaemia associated with propionic acidemia and methylmalonic acidemia
26 January 2021 - Carbaglu is first and only FDA approved medication for hyperammonaemia associated with these rare conditions. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2021
Vertex announces U.S. FDA acceptance of supplemental new drug application for Trikafta (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) in children with cystic fibrosis ages 6 through 11 with certain mutations
26 January 2021 - FDA grants priority review of the application and sets a PDUFA target action date of 8 June ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2021
FDA approves Theranica's Nerivio for acute treatment of migraine in adolescents
25 January 2021 - Theranica today announced that its Nerivio therapeutic device has received the FDA clearance to market for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2021
Albireo announces U.S. FDA acceptance of new drug application for odevixibat
25 January 2021 - FDA has granted odevixibat fast track, rare paediatric disease and orphan drug designations. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2021
Iterum Therapeutics announces U.S. FDA filing acceptance of new drug application for oral sulopenem
25 January 2021 - If approved, first oral penem in the U.S. and first new oral treatment for uUTIs in over ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jan 2021
FDA grants toripalimab fast track designation for mucosal melanoma
25 January 2021 - Junshi Biosciences announced today that U.S. FDA has granted toripalimab fast track designation for the first-line treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2021
The stakes for choosing the right FDA commissioner couldn’t be higher
24 January 2021 - An independent, credible, science led Food and Drug Administration has long been vital to America’s public, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2021
FDA approves Aurinia Pharmaceuticals’ Lupkynis (voclosporin) for adult patients with active lupus nephritis
22 January 2021 - Lupkynis is the first FDA approved oral therapy for lupus nephritis, a condition that causes irreversible kidney ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2021
FDA approves nivolumab plus cabozantinib for advanced renal cell carcinoma
22 January 2021 - Today the FDA approved the combination of nivolumab (Opdivo, Bristol-Myers) and cabozantinib (Cabometyx, Exelixis) as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2021
Incyte announces acceptance and priority review of BLA for retifanlimab as a potential treatment for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal
21 January 2021 - Incyte today announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted for priority review its biologics license application for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2021
FDA approves first extended release, injectable drug regimen for adults living with HIV
21 January 2021 - The U.S. FDA today approved Cabenuva (cabotegravir and rilpivirine, injectable formulation) as a complete regimen for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2021
Biden appoints veteran Woodcock as interim FDA commissioner
21 January 2021 - Agency veteran Dr Janet Woodcock is the new interim FDA commissioner appointed by president Joe Biden ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2021
FDA grants priority review to Genentech’s Esbriet (pirfenidone) for unclassifiable interstitial lung disease
21 January 2021 - Genentech announced today that the U.S. FDA has accepted the company’s supplemental new drug application and granted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2021
Impel NeuroPharma announces U.S. FDA acceptance of new drug application for INP104 for the acute treatment of migraine
20 January 2021 - FDA conditionally accepts trade name, Trudhesa, pending approval of the new drug application, and sets PDUFA goal ...