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The company’s Truqap, in combination with its endocrine therapy Faslodex, has been approved by the regulator for adult patients with advanced HR-positive breast cancer with specific biomarker alterations.
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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 FDA has approved two of Phathom Pharmaceuticals’ products for bacterial illnesses in adults: Voquezna Triple Pak and Voquezna Dual Pak.
The FDA accepted Bayer’s supplemental New Drug Application for its proposed oral treatment for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
Orphalan announced the FDA has granted full approval to Cuvrior (trientine tetrahydrochloride) for the treatment of Wilson’s Disease, a rare genetic disorder.
Hutchmed failed to secure FDA approval for its proposed drug for pancreatic cancer. The company will have to go through another trial if they want U.S. approval.
Notably, Qelbree is the first novel FDA approval of a novel non-stimulant treatment for ADHD in adults in 20 years.
Shares of Praxis Precision Medicines are falling after the company announced the FDA has placed a clinical hold on the company’s IND Application for its experimental epilepsy drug, Prax-222.
AbbVie is off to a strong start for 2022 driven by success from Skyrizi and Rinvoq, as well as the company’s neuroscience platform. Abbvie also won FDA approval for a new indication for Rinvoq.
The FDA approval was based on data from the Phase III Explorer-HCM trial that showed Bristol Myers Squibb’s Camzyos could decrease the heart’s contractility.
Finch Therapeutics has been given the green light to continue the Phase III Prism4 clinical trial, investigating the efficacy of CP101 in fighting recurrent C. difficile infections (CDI).
Moderna has made the official request to the FDA to approve its COVID-19 for use in children ages 6 months to 5 years. Moderna also announced the location of its first non-U.S. mRNA manufacturing facility.