Approvals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Emergency Use Authorization to Pfizer’s Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir tablets) for high-risk adults and pediatric patients 12 years and older to treat COVID-19.
Takeda hoped that its experimental therapy could become the first FDA-approved treatment for EoE. However, the FDA wants the company to initiate another clinical study with TAK-721.
The new Phase III study will include an enhanced version of the Viaskin Peanut patch, approximately 50% larger than the patch initially rejected by the FDA.
ViiV Healthcare announced that the FDA approved Apretude, a long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylactic option to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1.
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Shares of Coherus BioSciences are climbing in premarket trading after the company announced the FDA greenlit the company’s Humira biosimilar Yusimry.
On Monday, Intra-Cellular Therapies announced that the FDA has approved CAPLYTA to treat the deep depressive episodes of patients with bipolar I or II.
VYVGART is the first-and-only neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) blocker to be approved by the FDA.
On December 28, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported there had been 50 novel drug approvals for the year, and that was just for new chemical entities.
Shares of Global Blood Therapeutics were up more than 10% in late-afternoon trading following regulatory approval of a supplemental New Drug Application for oral Oxbryta (voxelotor) tablets for the treatment of pediatric sickle cell disease.
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