Approvals
Santhera Pharmaceuticals and partner Catalyst Pharmaceuticals got the FDA’s greenlight for their Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug Agamree, which is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2024.
The oncology company added a fifth indication for its isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 inhibitor, securing the greenlight for treating patients with IDH1-mutated relapsed or refractory myelodysplastic syndromes.
Even after the runaway success of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, the pathway to approval for upcoming would-be mRNA therapeutics has yet to be laid out.
The regulator has approved the first-ever subcutaneous version of infliximab, an IgG1 monoclonal antibody, commonly sold by Johnson & Johnson under the brand name Remicade.
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The label for the achondroplasia drug, which promotes endochondral bone growth, now covers children under five years of age with the rare genetic disease causing the most common form of dwarfism.
While Merck lost out to Pfizer earlier this year in snapping up Seagen, this week the company closed a deal worth a potential $22 billion with Daiichi Sankyo—further evidence of the industry’s insatiable appetite for ADC technology.
Following a delay and an initial rejection, UCB’s IL-17A/IL-17F blocker bimekizumab was approved for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, which will now be marketed with the brand name Bimzelx.
The complement inhibitor won the FDA’s approval for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disease. The therapy will be sold under the brand name Zilbrysq.
The company’s resubmission succeeded in getting the greenlight for tenapanor, now to be marketed as Xphozah, to lower serum phosphorus levels in chronic kidney disease patients.
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