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Genentech’s influenza treatment Xofluza® (baloxavir marboxil) has been granted approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in people 12 years and older, making it the first single-dose post-exposure prophylaxis strategy approved by the agency.
Please check out the biopharma industry coronavirus (COVID-19) stories that are trending for November 24, 2020.
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Late Friday, the FDA gave the green light to Regeneron’s REGN-COV2, a combination of casirivimab and imdevimab.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a busy end of November planned, with numerous PDUFA dates to address. Here’s a look at the upcoming week.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted ADC Therapeutics’ Biologics License Application (BLA) and granted priority review for the company’s relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) treatment, loncastuximab tesirine (Lonca).
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends against using Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19.
As expected after Pfizer and BioNTech announced their COVID-19 vaccine Phase III trial had completed and demonstrated a 95% efficacy rate, the companies plan to apply for an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) with the FDA.
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The EUA for the combination of Olumiant and Remdesivir marks the first combination for COVID-19 greenlit in the U.S.
The U.S. FDA has lifted a clinical hold on Cellectis’ Phase I MELANI-01 trial evaluating multiple myeloma candidate UCARTCS1 just months after working with the French biopharmaceutical company to adjust its trial protocol to enhance patient safety.
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