Approvals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had several PDUFA dates on their calendar for the last week of July, but in two cases, there were problems with the submissions ahead of time. Here’s a look.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved AbbVie’s Dalvance (dalbavancin) for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) in pediatric patients as young as newborns.
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The FDA has now approved AstraZeneca’s convenient once-a-week glucose lowering drug for 10 to 17-year-olds with type 2 diabetes.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently granted Breakthrough Device Designation to two medical device companies, with California-based healthcare tech company Endologix leading the mix.
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The FDA placed a clinical hold on Magenta’s clinical program for acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, which made its shares drop nearly 7% this morning.
Genentech announced that the FDA has green-lit the Venclexta classification and azicitidine combination as a Breakthrough Therapy Drug.
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Pfizer has voluntarily recalled two lots of Chantix 0.5 mg tablets, two lots of Chantix 1 mg tablets, and eight lots of a Chantix kit consisting of 0.5mg/1 mg tablets.
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The FDA said it found an issue with the “size of the treatment effect and clinical relevance” of Ardelyx’s new drug tenapanor without providing additional details.
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On Friday, the agency approved belumosudil as a new treatment option for anyone over 12 with cGVHD after two prior lines of therapy have failed.
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is planning a meeting in October to recommend the vaccine’s use in adults.
PRESS RELEASES
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