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A more detailed review of data by the FDA showed that GLP-1 drugs do not increase the risk of suicidal ideation or behavior.
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After a tumultuous year, experts call for stability while anticipating the first fruits of policies intended to expedite approvals for rare disease drugs.
The FDA’s announcement that it will phase out in vivo testing requirements for monoclonal antibodies marks a seismic shift. Here’s how industry can adapt.
Policy initiatives have come fast and furious at the FDA this year. While guidances on rare diseases and vaccines have consumed most of the ink, policy shifts aimed at improving FDA efficiencies and reshoring U.S. manufacturing also got some attention. Here, BioSpace rounds up more than a dozen initiatives relevant to the biopharma industry.
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The approval was based on a New Drug Application (NDA) submitted under the 505(b)(2) filing pathway.
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GlaxoSmithKline’s PARP inhibitor Zejula has been approved for wider use in some cancers.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new cystic fibrosis medication that is expected to provide treatment for 90% of patients with this debilitating and life-shortening condition.
The approval is based on the Phase III UNIFI study that showed that after eight weeks of taking a single intravenous dose of Stelara, patients saw “clinical remission in a significantly greater proportion of UC patients.”
Thanks to a new regulatory win, AstraZeneca’s Farxiga can now be used to reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in type 2 diabetes patients with cardiovascular disease and with certain risk factors.
Genentech’s flu medication Xofluza won a new indication for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated influenza in people 12 years of age and older who have been symptomatic for less than 48 hours and are at high risk of flu-related complications.
For fiscal year 2019, the agency reported 1,171 generic drug approvals, 935 of them full approvals and 236 tentative approvals. This is up from last year’s all-time record of 971 generic drug approvals.
The patch is a once-per-day treatment that provides sustained concentrations of Secuado (asenapine), an atypical antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Janssen Pharmaceutical’s Xarelto for the prevention of venous thromboembolism, or blood clots, in acutely sick patients in hospitals who are at risk for blood clots but who are not at high risk of bleeding.