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FDA Expands Tenofovir Alafenamide Indication to Treat HBV in Patients as Young as 6

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Tenofovir alafenamide was originally approved by the FDA in 2016 to treat adults with chronic HBV infection with compensated liver disease and in 2022 to treat pediatric patients aged 12 years and older.

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Novel medicines approved in 2022 offer increased treatment options for patients

PhRMA

2022 marked another year of significant progress by biopharmaceutical research companies conducting lifesaving research and development for innovative medicines with a total of 45 new medicine approvals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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MorningRX: August 11, 2023

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HHS awards money to fight the nursing shortage, the FDA approves Johnson & Johnson's talquetamab-tgvs (TALVEY), and the CDC says suicides reached an all-time high in 2022.

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Eli Lilly Launches Self-Pay Vials of Tirzepatide for Patients With Obesity

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The announcement comes after the FDA declared the shortage of semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) has been resolved after being in shortage since March 2022.

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NMD Pharma’s Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease treatment granted ODD by FDA

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Biotech company NMD Pharma has announced that the US Food and Drug Association (FDA) have granted its Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease treatment NMD670 orphan drug designation (ODD). NMD670 was previously granted ODD by the FDA for generalised myasthenia gravis in September 2022.

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Tapinarof Cream 1% Approved by FDA to Treat Atopic Dermatitis in Adults, Children 2 Years and Older

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Vtama from Organon was previously approved in May 2022 to treat plaque psoriasis in adults.

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First Anti-Inflammatory Drug for Cardiovascular Disease Approved by FDA

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Lodoco (colchicine) approval was based on a clinical trial with 5,522 patients with chronic coronary disease, which was published in Circulation in February 2022.

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