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Vera Therapeutics’ atacicept, to be marketed as Trutakna, will go up against Novartis, Otsuka and possibly Vertex in the kidney disease primary IgA nephropathy after receiving an accelerated FDA approval.
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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 U.S. FDA approved Gilead and Kite’s Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) for adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy.
Roche announced it was voluntarily withdrawing the U.S. indication Tecentriq for in prior-platinum treated metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) after failing to meet endpoints in confirmatory trials.
The U.S. FDA approved Genentech’s Actemra (tocilizumab) for slowing the rate of decline in pulmonary function in adults with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD).
KemPharm announced this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its novel ADHD drug for use in patients six years and older.
The U.S. FDA has decided to put together an advisory committee meeting of outside experts to review a New Drug Application for roxadustat, FibroGen and its partner AstraZeneca’s investigational anemia therapy.
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This approval marks the first treatment indicated for reducing mortality risk in patients with the rare disorder known as molybdenum cofactor deficiency (MoCD) Type A.
The company has agreed to deliver 100 million doses of the vaccines by the end of June.
The end of February and beginning of March is a busy time for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, with a number of PDUFA dates on the calendar.