Approvals
The clinical trials the approval is based on suggested the drug was effective for treating primary insomnia but may also be effective for insomnia associated with other diseases, such as depression.
Specifically, it was approved for adults with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have had two or more previous anti-HER2-based treatments in the metastatic setting.
The FDA issued a Complete Response Letter for its combination treatment of cabotegravir and rilpivirine.
Looking back over the past year and even decade, STAT News takes a look back at the best drugs approved over the past 10 years in its weekly Readout podcast.
Moving into the holidays and the fast-approaching end of the year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) got busy wrapping up a number of to-do items. Here’s a look.
With the latest approval, Xtandi, an androgen receptor inhibitor, is now the only oral treatment approved by the FDA for three distinct types of advanced prostate cancer – non-metastatic and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and mCSPC.
Dublin-based Avadel Pharma announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved its Nouress for neonatal patients requiring total parenteral nutrition.
Vascepa capsules are the first-and-only prescription treatment approved by the FDA comprised solely of the active ingredient, icosapent ethyl, a unique form of eicosapentaenoic acid.
The FDA approved extended-release 11 mg and 22 mg tablets as a once-daily treatment from the chronic inflammatory condition.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is wrapping up 2019 with a few PDUFA dates. Here’s a look.
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