Approvals

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) announced a string of approvals, as well as a couple rejections.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Shire’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for lanadelumab (SHP643) priority review.
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Novartis is eying a possible 2019 launch for RTH258 (brolucizumab), an ophthalmology drug for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted San Diego-based Evofem Biosciences Fast Track designation for Amphora vaginal gel to prevent urogenital chlamydia infection in women.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi to treat patients with unresectable Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Despite the recent dismal news regarding Alzheimer’s drug development, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently proposed new guidelines for developing drugs for the disease.
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Janssen got a little love from the FDA on Wednesday.
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Teva and Mylan are looking over their shoulders this morning after the FDA gave Novartis and Momenta the green light for their Copaxone copycat drug.
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The FDA approved Vertex’s Symdeko for cystic fibrosis in patients ages 12 and older with two copies of the F508del mutation.
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The FDA approved Gilead’s triple combination treatment for HIV, Biktarvy.
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