Approvals
This morning, Janssen announced Ponvory has been greenlit as the only oral disease-modifying therapy studied against an established oral comparator for this indication.
The approval was for Arcalyst (rilonacept), a weekly, subcutaneously-injected, recombinant fusion protein that blocks interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1α) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) signaling.
The drug is a lipoglycopeptide antibiotic. It is given in a single, one-hour infusion.
EmpowerDX, a Eurofins subsidiary, just launched its direct-to-consumer COVID-19 Home Collection Kit in the U.S. through Amazon, making it one of a miniscule number of at-home and over-the-counter kits that are putting detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the hands of patients.
The second half of March is a busy month for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with quite a few PDUFA dates scheduled. Here’s a look at this week’s target action dates.
The U.S. FDA approved AVEO Oncology’s Fotivda (tivozanib) for adults with relapsed or refractory advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in people who have had two or more previous systemic therapies.
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The U.S. FDA approved Gilead and Kite’s Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) for adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy.
Roche announced it was voluntarily withdrawing the U.S. indication Tecentriq for in prior-platinum treated metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) after failing to meet endpoints in confirmatory trials.
The U.S. FDA approved Genentech’s Actemra (tocilizumab) for slowing the rate of decline in pulmonary function in adults with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD).
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