Approvals
The panel opposed approval of Daiichi Sankyo’s AML drug but supported approval for its TGCT treatment.
“With today’s FDA approval, Eylea has once again set a high bar for the treatment of diabetic eye diseases,” stated George D. Yancopoulos, president and chief scientific officer at Regeneron.
The drug was approved as a second-line treatment for HCC patients who have an alpha-fetoprotein biomarker.
May has been a fairly slow month for approvals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). There are currently only two scheduled for the rest of the month, with a third that has been withdrawn. Let’s take a look.
Neuronascent Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Company’s Investigational New Drug application for its proprietary oral therapeutic, NNI-362, to proceed into Phase 1 clinical testing in a healthy aged population.
On March 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Novartis’ Mayzent (isiponimod) for adults with relapsing types of multiple sclerosis.
The Jacobus LEMS Drug was approved for pediatric patients. However, the approval was based on results from a study of adult patients, which means that doctors could opt to prescribe this medication for adult LEMS patients.
The FDA rapidly reviewed and approved the medication under the FDA’s Real-Time Oncology Review (RTOR) and Assessment Aid pilot program.
The approval is a first for the the treatment of the cardiomyopathy of wild-type or hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR-CM). The drug has a list price of $225,000.
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