Approvals
The FDA said the approval of Teva’s product is the first generic naloxone nasal spray for use in a community setting by individuals without medical training.
Akorn secured approval for a post-operative eye drop, as well as a generic over-the-counter version of GSK’s Flonase.
FDA grants elafibranor Breakthrough Therapy Designation, based on Phase 2 data, for treatment of PBC (Primary Biliary Cholangitis) in adults with inadequate response to UDCA
COPD is a progressive disease associated with tobacco smoking, air pollution or occupational exposure. It results in difficulties in breathing and increasing episodes of breathlessness.
Company on Track to Submit NDA to FDA in Mid-2019
Karolinska Development’s portfolio company Aprea Therapeutics has from FDA received an Orphan Drug Designation for APR-246 for the treatment of patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes having a TP53 mutation.
TLC announced the successful completion of its End-of-Phase II meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on receiving guidance, and discussing the clinical and regulatory pathway for a potential U.S. approval of TLC599, a BioSeizer® liposomal formulation of dexamethasone sodium phosphate for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.
The FDA’s approval marks the first personalized treatment targeting susceptible FGFR genetic alterations for patients with metastatic bladder cancer.
Polyphor AG announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has designated murepavadin as a Qualified Infectious Disease Product in four additional indications; hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia, acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection, bloodstream infection and complicated intra-abdominal infection.
There’s little doubt that Merck’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) is about as close to a miracle drug as we get.
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