Approvals
The recommended dose of the drug for this age group is based on weight and liver function.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Abbott’s molecular test for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 under an Emergency Use Authorization.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Eli Lilly and Company and Incyte Corporation Breakthrough Therapy designation for baricitinib for alopecia areata.
Hospitals and laboratories will be able to run the test on Roche’s fully automated cobas 6800 and cobas 8800 Systems, which are already in wide use in the U.S. and internationally.
Recipharm, a leading contract development and manufacturing organisation, is pleased to note the FDA’s approval of Perrigo’s AB-rated generic of ProAir HFA.
Approval for the combination treatment was based on results from the Phase I/II CheckMate-040 trial in which Opdivo and Yervoy showed an overall response rate of 33% in this patient population.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev (nintedanib) for patients with chronic fibrosing interstitial lung diseases with a progressive phenotype.
Novartis’ Isturisa (osilodrostat) was approved for adults with Cushing’s disease who either can’t have pituitary gland surgery or who have had the surgery but still have the disease.
Although March looks to be a busy month for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, several of the PDUFA dates for this week were for drugs under Priority Review.
Glaucoma is a progressive disease of the eye that can lead to irreversible vision loss and blindness.
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