Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 17, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an update to the indications and usage section of Horizon Therapeutics ’ Tepezza (teprotumumab-trbw) label to specify its use to treat thyroid eye disease (TED) patients regardless of disease activity or duration. The FDA’s approval was granted in January 2020.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Ideally, he said, the FDA should be able to both stay on top of safety concerns and avoid unnecessarily restricting access to drugs. I think there are definitely situations for many drugs where you can say, no, we’re not really at the right balance, and the FDA should be taking a more aggressive stance in promoting patient safety.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Y-mAbs Therapeutics has claimed its first product approval, getting a green light from the FDA for Danyelza for the rare cancer neuroblastoma. It’s very exciting to see this treatment go from being an experimental therapy used at my daughter’s bedside to now being FDA approved,” said Gad, who is chairman and president of Y-mAbs. “I

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

GlaxoSmithKline’s Benlysta has been on the market for almost a decade, but it still has some tricks up its sleeve – it’s just become the first and only FDA-approved treatment for lupus nephritis. The post GSK’s Benlysta claims first FDA okay for lupus kidney damage appeared first on.

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

Sanofi and Regeneron have another challenger to their big-selling drug Dupixent for atopic dermatitis, now that the FDA has approved Leo Pharma’s rival antibody tralokinumab. Dupixent’s label currently calls for dosing every two weeks for all patients. billion in 2020. billion in the same year.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

billion takeover of MyoKardia in 2020. The post BMS builds case for mavacamten label ahead of FDA decision appeared first on. The phase 3 VALOR-HCM trial in adults with obstructive HCM eligible for a procedure called septal reduction therapy (SRT) met its primary endpoint, according to BMS.

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The FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

Livornese — I saw the sign…and the answer is no—FDA-approved labeling apparently is not enough under state failure-to-warn laws, according to certain courts. Most OTC drugs, particularly drugs that have been around for a while, are primarily marketed pursuant to OTC monographs.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The FDA has granted accelerated approval the RET inhibitor for all adults with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumours with a RET fusion mutation, two years after giving it a green light for RET-positive thyroid and lung cancers. The post Lilly bags label extension for RET drug Retevmo in US appeared first on.

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JUNE 7, 2021

Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) was approved for relapsed/refractory ALL in 2017, but its label covers use in children and young adults aged up to 25, who account for the bulk of cases of the blood cancer. It was filed for the adult ALL indication in the US in April, and has a priority review from the FDA, with a verdict due in October.

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MAY 27, 2021

Myovant has chalked up a second approval for its flagship drug relugolix from the FDA, becoming the first once-daily oral drug in the US to treat heavy menstrual bleeding associated with uterine fibroids. . The post FDA clears Myovant’s relugolix for uterine fibroids, setting up AbbVie clash appeared first on.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Samsung Bioepis and Biogen have claimed the first FDA approval for a biosimilar version of Roche and Novartis’ Lucentis (ranibizumab) for leading causes of blindness, raising the prospect of a cheaper treatment option for US patients. billion respectively during 2020 as the pandemic reduced patient access to treatment.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The FDA has said it will wait for additional results from last week’s trial showing an increased risk of cardiac side effects with Pfizer’s arthritis blockbuster Xeljanz before deciding on further action. billion in the first nine months of 2020, up 10% overall and 23% in ex-US markets.

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STAT

JANUARY 10, 2024

… In 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration responded to decades of escalating concerns about Singulair, a widely prescribed drug for asthma and allergies, by adding a stark warning on the labeling that it could cause aggression, agitation and even suicidal thought. We enjoy hearing your tips and tidbits. in December.

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The FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2022

By doing so, FDA has limited the number of tests that have reached the market, thereby reducing available supply and increasing prices. As FDA would acknowledge, the antigen tests are the fastest and most practical method for distributing testing in the general population. That could happen again.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

Apellis Pharma and partner Sobi have won EU approval for their paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) drug pegcetacoplan in Europe, with a more restricted label than in the US. The post EU gives narrower label to Apellis, Sobi’s PNH drug appeared first on.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

JAK inhibitor Xeljanz is one of Pfizer’s top-selling drugs, despite a ‘black box’ warning for blood clots and cancers added to its label in 2019. billion in the first nine months of 2020. Now, a study designed to prove its safety has achieved the opposite.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Mallinckrodt has finally claimed FDA approval for terlipressin as a treatment for hepatorenal syndrome (HRS), after manufacturing problems scuppered an earlier attempt. The drug is already approved for this indication in dozens of other countries around the world, including much of Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

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The FDA Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Promotional labeling is generally any labeling other than FDA-required labeling that is devised for the promotion of a product, as well as other functions, and can include printed, audio, or visual matter that describes the product. l)(1) (e.g.,

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AUGUST 24, 2022

Amgen has reported positive phase 3 results with its biosimilar version of AstraZeneca/Alexion’s blockbuster rare disease drug Soliris, setting up a regulatory filing with the FDA. Samsung Bioepis is also developing a biosimilar version of Soliris called SB12, and reported results from its phase 3 trial earlier this year.

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The FDA Law Blog

JULY 10, 2023

After a firm submits a 510(k) to FDA, FDA will request still more information after a first-pass review. According to the 2 nd Quarter FY2023 MDUFA V Performance Report , FDA issued a request for additional information (AI request) on the first FDA review cycle for 63% to 68% of 510(k)s submitted in FY2018 to FY2022.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

Sanofi has added another string to its Pompe disease therapy bow, after getting FDA approval for Nexviazyme, its latest therapy for the rare, inherited disorder. In 2010, Lumizyme’s label was expanded to the under-right group as well.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The FDA has issued a complete response letter to Mallinckrodt for terlipressin, on the grounds that the company had been forced to change its packaging and labelling manufacturing facility for the drug. The post FDA knocks back Mallinckrodt’s kidney drug terlipressin appeared first on.

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MAY 31, 2022

Roche and PTC Therapeutics’ Evrysdi for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has been approved by the FDA for younger children with the rare disease, extending its use to include infants less than two months of age. The post Roche puts pressure on SMA rivals with new FDA approval appeared first on.

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MAY 26, 2022

billion takeover of Agios Pharma’s oncology business after getting a key FDA approval for Tibsovo, the main asset in the deal. As Vidaza is a standard first-line therapy for AML the new indication makes Tibsovo an option for a wider range of patients, although the drug has reportedly been used off-label in this setting.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The two FDA-approved oral GnRH antagonists – AbbVie and Neurocrine Biosciences’ Oriahnn (elagolix) and Myovant’s Pfizer-partnered Myfembree (relugolix) – are both combined with hormonal drugs. If approved, ObsEva’s drug will add another once-daily competitor to the ring.

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APRIL 22, 2022

The write-down comes in the wake of problems affecting the Japanese drugmaker’s AT132 gene therapy candidate for rare disease X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM), which was placed on clinical hold by the FDA last year after four patient deaths liked to possible liver-related side effects.

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The FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

2022, FDA published a draft guidance on FDA’s implementation of the Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Program (OMUFA). FDA is authorized to charge an annual facility fee for OTC monograph drug facilities. FDA will not refund any fees that have been incurred already). By Riëtte van Laack & Deborah L.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a priority review of the biologics license application (BLA) for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ’ pozelimab to treat children and adults with ultra-rare CHAPLE disease. The post US FDA accepts Regeneron’s pozelimab BLA for priority review appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Lilly now intends to discuss an emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Olumiant with the FDA and other regulators and says that because the drug is already approved it should be made available “through commercial channels.”. ACTT-2 used a 4mg dose of the drug, which wasn’t approved by the FDA on safety grounds.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The updated results come from the open-label RAINBOWFISH study, which investigate the effects of Evrysdi (risdiplam) in children from birth to six weeks who had yet to develop any symptoms of the muscle wasting disorder. Evrysdi is also on an upwards trajectory, bringing in around $250 million in the same period.

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The FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

By Riëtte van Laack — On September 28, 2022, FDA announced the availability of the proposed rule for the implied nutrient content claim “healthy.” The term healthy, as an implied nutrient claim, was first defined by FDA in 1994. FDA also announced it would be re-evaluating the regulatory criteria for use of the “healthy” claim.

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

Shares in US biotech Y-mAbs Therapeutics have lost almost a third of their value after FDA advisors unanimously rejected its brain cancer therapy 131I-omburtamab in 16 to 0 vote. Changes in standard and supportive care over the time period could also have skewed the results, said the FDA reviewer.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 5, 2023

The sale of an illegally imported supplement being marketed as a weight-gain enhancer has been associated with cases of dizziness, cognitive impairment, and sedation, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In this case, the woman had taken apetamin in the form of cyproheptadine, lysine, and vitamin syrup.

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The FDA Law Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Javitt — FDA recently published a long-awaited draft guidance aimed at reducing the need for prior FDA authorization of modifications to artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-enabled device software functions (ML-DSFs). Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Philip Won & Gail H. See 21 CFR 807.81(a)(3)

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

An FDA advisory committee has voted against approval of Cytokinetics’ cardiac myosin inhibitor omecamtiv mecarbil for heart failure, saying the data for the drug was not strong enough. The post FDA adcomm votes down Cytokinetics heart failure drug appeared first on. There was also no impact on quality-of-life measures.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

JULY 22, 2024

It can also treat parasitic infections, like giardia, and is frequently used off-label (for a non-FDA-approved use) to help treat Crohn’s disease, bite wounds, and oral infections. Be sure to check food labels carefully for either of these ingredients. What should you eat while taking metronidazole?

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Updated labelling for Invokana has already been approved to include data showing that it can reduce the risk of hospitalisation for heart failure and diabetic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, based on the CREDENCE trial. billion in 2016 before the product was linked to an increased risk of lower limb amputation.

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