Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Jun 27, 2023
FDA Approves Jardiance for Type 2 Diabetes; FDA Approves Pfizer’s LITFULO for Alopecia Areata; Sarepta Therapeutics’s ELEVIDYS Approval; Tonix Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Two Migraine Products from Upsher-Smith; FibroGen’s Phase 3 ZEPHYRUS-1 Study of Pamrevlumab; FDA Orphan Drug Designation to ERAS-801 for Malignant Glioma
FDA Approves Jardiance for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Children 10 Years and Older Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company announced that the FDA has approved Jardiance® (empagliflozin) 10 mg and 25 mg tablets to decrease blood sugar together with diet and exercise in children 10 years and older w...
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Jun 13, 2023
FDA Fast Track Status to Kyverna’s KYV-101; Annovis’s Phase III Study for Buntanetap; Gilteritinib Demonstrated Benefit in AML Patients; FDA Orphan Drug Designation to DTx Pharma’s DTx-1252; FibroGen’s LELANTOS-1 Phase 3 Clinical Study Result
FDA Grants Fast Track Status to KYV-101 for Refractory Lupus Nephritis Treatment Kyverna Therapeutics announced that the FDA has given Fast Track status to KYV-101, a treatment for patients suffering from resistant lupus nephritis (LN). KYV-101 is an innovative therapy that uses anti-CD19 chimeric antigen recept...
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Jun 09, 2023
Cell and Gene Therapies in Rare Disorders: From Rarity to Recovery
The cell and gene therapy market has seen a revolutionary transition in recent years, with advancements in scientific research and novel methods of treatment driving a rise in development activities. This has resulted in an increase in the number of cell and gene therapy choices available to patients suffering from...
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May 16, 2023
Sarepta Therapeutics’s SRP-9001 Gene Therapy; FDA Approves Astellas’ VEOZAH; FDA Orphan Drug Designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation to SiSaf’s siRNA Therapy SIS-101-ADO; FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to IMPT-314; FDA Approves First Drug for Agitation in People With Alzheimer’s Disease; FDA Accepted the CytoAgents’ IND Application for CTO1681
Sarepta Therapeutics Announces Positive Vote from U.S. FDA Advisory Committee Meeting for SRP-9001 Gene Therapy Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., a pioneer in precision genetic medicine for rare diseases, announced that the FDA's Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee (CTGTAC) voted 8 to 6 in favor of...
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Nov 01, 2022
Actinium Announces SIERRA Trial Results; Santhera Seeks FDA Review for Vamorolone; Seres Announces BLA Submission for SER-109; BMS Announces Results of COMMANDS Trial; Boehringer’s PDE4B Moves Late-stage Clinical Testing; FDA Rejects Gilead’s Hepcludex; Approval to J&J’s BCMAxCD3 Bispecific Antibody for Multiple Myeloma; Syncona to Acquire AGTC
Actinium Announces Positive Top-line Results from Pivotal Phase III SIERRA Trial of Iomab-B Actinium Pharma is on track to submit its targeted radiotherapy for AML patients requiring a bone marrow transplant in the United States, boosted by top-line data from a pivotal trial. The SIERRA trial of Iomab-B, an anti...
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Oct 04, 2022
Zealand Pharma’s Phase III Results of Glepaglutide; FDA Approves Amylyx’s ALS Drug Relyvrio; Novo Nordisk and Ventus Therapeutics Signs Licencing Deal; FDA Approves Futibatinib; Sarepta Files Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy for FDA Approval; Biogen and Eisai’s Lcanemab Phase III Study
Zealand Pharma Announces the Positive Topline Results from its Phase III trial of Glepaglutide Zealand Pharma A/S, a biotech company specializing in peptide-based medicines, announced positive topline results from its phase III trial of glepaglutide. In the evenly randomized double-blind trial, 106 patients with...
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Aug 02, 2022
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo & Yervoy Combo Trial; Sarepta’s Gene Therapy SRP-9001 for DMD; Ionis’s End-Stage Renal Disease Drugs; FDA Approves Arcutis’s Zoryve Cream; Gilead’s Biktarvy for HIV and Hepatitis B; FDA to Review Biogen’s ALS Therapy Tofersen
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo and Yervoy Combo Fails in Phase III Trial Bristol-Myers Squibb has reported that their Opdivo and Yervoy checkpoint inhibitor combo failed a phase III trial as adjuvant (post-surgery) therapy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the most frequent type of kidney cancer. The CheckMate -914...
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Nov 01, 2021
An in-depth Assessment of the Top Drugs Launched by Leading Global Companies in the First Half of 2021 (H1)
Progress is driven by innovation. When it comes to developing novel medications and therapeutic biological products, the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) assists the pharmaceutical sector at every stage of the process. CDER offers scientific and regulatory assistance needed to bring innovative m...
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Oct 05, 2021
Pfizer tightens DMD trial criteria over safety concerns; Kytopen raises $30M; Eli Lilly taps Reify’s Care Access; Vensana Capital raises $325M
Pfizer tightens DMD patient criteria after serious adverse events in phase 3 gene therapy trial Pfizer is tightening up the criteria for Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients to partake in phase 3 clinical trials of its experimental gene therapy after three severe events were cropping up in ongoing studies. Th...
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Dec 17, 2019
Wave Life Sciences stocks implode; Amarin’s VASCEPA approval; GSK seeks approval
Wave Life Sciences has recently announced the discontinuation of its drug suvodirsen, for the treatment of a rare Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy mutation. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a progressive worsening of the skeletal and heart muscles resulting in weakness. The disorder, is due to deficient prot...
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