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With its FDA approval last week and first-to-market advantage, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ Rezdiffra will set the standard for other metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis candidates in development.
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After a leading study caused the FDA to slap its most stringent warning on hormone replacement therapies for menopause more than two decades ago, the regulator is changing course in what FDA Commissioner Marty Makary called a “historic day for women in the United States.”
The upheaval of the Health and Human Services workforce and leadership leaves much to be desired in terms of delivery, recently retired FDA Chief Information Officer Vid Desai tells BioSpace, but the regulatory agency is evolving to be more open to much needed change.
While the FDA continues to put out guidance documents and approve drugs, some companies are already reporting delays in dealings with the agency, while insiders warn of falling morale and a negative perception from the rest of the biopharma world.
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The U.S. FDA had a busy week with a range of drug approvals, advisory committee meetings and classification announcements.
The FDA approved bluebird bio’s lentiviral vector (LVV) eli-cel Friday as the first therapy to slow the progression of neurologic dysfunction in juvenile boys with early, active CALD.
With 33 approvals from the FDA, Merck’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda has become a powerhouse oncology drug and is likely to continue to rack up more regulatory wins.
The U.S. FDA approved Mallinckrodt’s Terlivaz in adults with hepatorenal syndrome and is the only FDA-approved drug for that indication.
BMS announced that the FDA approved Sotyktu for adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, marking this indication’s first oral treatment innovation in nearly a decade.
Although it was a short week due to the Labor Day holiday, the FDA maintained a steady pace of business.
The FDA approved AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi plus with gemcitabine-cisplatin chemotherapy as the first immunotherapy for adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had a busy week leading up to the Labor Day holiday. Here’s a look at the agency’s recent activities.
Boehringer announced that the FDA approved Spevigo for generalized pustular psoriasis flares in adults, the first drug approved for this indication.
On Wednesday, the FDA authorized new Omicron-specific booster shots for Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines despite a lack of human data.