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Last month, the FDA launched TrialBlazer, intended to streamline the IND path and bring early clinical trials and medical innovation home to the U.S. It’s a start, but new agency leadership must see it through.
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A recent FDA reversal sparked new hope for patients with Huntington’s disease. Flying under the radar, Skyhawk Therapeutics revealed 12-month functional data from a midstage trial of its own candidate showing improvements on a key disease measurement scale.
The FDA plans to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss Capricor Therapeutics’ application for deramiocel, which the agency rejected last July. The news surprised CEO Linda Marbán, who told BioSpace the FDA has not communicated any issues of concern with the company’s resubmitted application.
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The FDA amended its EUA for GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology’s sotrovimab for COVID-19. The amendment relates specifically to the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant.
Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals announced that their Phase I study of BIIB078 (IONIS-C9Rx) intended for ALS did not meet clinical endpoints, so they will discontinue the program.
UCB’s oral drug for seizures related to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is now approved in the U.S. for patients ages two years and older.
The FDA has a very busy week ending the month of March and moving into April, highlighted by a big AdCom vote on Amylyx’s ALS candidate AMX0035 on March 30.
Novavax announced today that its protein-based Covid-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, is included in two new clinical trials that will evaluate the vaccine as a potential Covid booster.
The FDA delayed Bristol Myers Squibb’s (BMS) target date for Reblozyl, approved the company’s melanoma drug and Japan accepted BMS’ NDA for Breyanzi.
Pfizer has announced it received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the FDA for its vaccine candidate intended to prevent infections caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected Eli Lilly’s Biologics License Application, issuing a Complete Response Letter for the company’s PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor sintilimab.
The FDA approved Pluvicto (targeted radioligand therapy) for use in adults with PSMA-positive mCRPC that has already metastasized to other body parts.
Esai, Biogen, Diadem and ProMis all presented their findings on biomarker research at this year’s International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases.