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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has several solid PDUFA dates in the middle of February. Here’s a look.
The U.S. FDA approved Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody Evkeeza (evinacumab-dgnb) as an add-on treatment for adult and pediatric patients ages 12 and above with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH).
The U.S. FDA has approved Regeneron and Sanofi’s PD-1 inhibitor Libtayo® for the treatment of patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma with a history of treatment with a hedgehog pathway inhibitor or in patients with advanced BCC who are considered ineligible for an HHI.
The U.S. FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted against recommending the drug as neoadjuvant treatment for high-risk, early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in combination with chemotherapy after surgery, at least for now.
This combination therapy has been authorized for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in patients aged 12 and older who are at high risk for progressing to severe COVID-19 and/or hospitalization.
The choice for the new FDA commissioner will tell the public about the Biden administration’s battle plan with regards to handling the global pandemic.
London-based Freeline Therapeutics announced that after receiving feedback from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it was modifying its clinical trial program for FLT180a for Hemophilia B.
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Bristol Myers picked up the therapy when it acquired Celgene in 2019 for $74 billion.
Less than one week after posting a positive first-look at Phase III vaccine data, Maryland-based Novavax began the rolling review process for authorization of NVX-CoV2373 in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.
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