melanoma
Oct 17, 2023
Novo Nordisk to Acquire Ocedurenone; FDA Awards Orphan Drug Designation to SLS009 in AML; FDA Approves Adjuvant Nivolumab in Completely Resected Stage IIB/C Melanoma; Fast Track Designation to South Rampart Pharma’s SRP-001; TAGRISSO + Chemotherapy Granted Priority Review in the US; Fast Track Designation to SurVaxM for Glioblastoma
South Rampart Pharma Receives U.S. FDA Fast Track Designation for SRP-001 for Acute Pain On October 12, 2023, South Rampart Pharma, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted Fast Track status to its drug candidate, SRP-001, intended for the management of acute pain. SRP-001 is a...
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May 25, 2023
Eosolutions Corp’s Dr. Banner Balloon Guide Catheter; US FDA Approves the Cyltezo® Pen; Orlucent’s Handheld Mole Imaging System; Grünenthal’s Resiniferatoxin for Pain Associated with Knee Osteoarthritis; Element Science’s Jewel Patch Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator; A.Menarini Diagnostics’s PRIME MDx Platform
Eosolutions Announces The Full Commercial Launch of The Dr. Banner Balloon Guide Catheter EOSolutions Corp., a forerunner in medical technology focused on offering high-quality catheter solutions, is pleased to introduce the Dr. Banner, Balloon Guide Catheter (BGC). Dr. Banner, developed in collaboration with In...
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Dec 20, 2022
Fourth FDA Approval for AbbVie’s Vraylar; FDA Approves Ferring’s Adstiladrin for NMIBC; Merck and Moderna’s mRNA Cancer Vaccine Trial; EMA Recommends the CSL’s Gene Therapy for Hemophilia B; CHMP Backs Amicus’ Pompe Disease Therapy; Takeda Announces the Phase 3 AURORA Study Result
AbbVie Secures Fourth FDA Approval for Vraylar AbbVie has received its fourth FDA approval for Vraylar, adding major depressive disorder (MDD) adjunctive therapy to a list that includes schizophrenia and manic and depressive episodes in bipolar disorder. According to AbbVie, the approval makes Vraylar (cariprazi...
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Oct 17, 2022
Oncolytic Viruses: Can Be The Next Frontier in Cancer Immunotherapy?
Oncolytic viruses are cancer treatments that employ a natural or reprogrammed virus capable of targeting and killing malignant cells. They are a new class of cancer agents that induce tumor regression by causing immunogenic cell death, inducing preferential replication in tumor cells, and stimulating host antitumor...
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Oct 14, 2022
Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Potential Approach in the Fight Against Refractory Cancer
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are drugs that inhibit immune checkpoints. These drugs allow immune cells to respond more strongly to cancer by blocking them. This blocks the “off” signal, allowing T-cells to kill cancer cells. Checkpoint inhibitors can be used to treat a variety of cancers, including lung cancer (...
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Sep 20, 2022
AstraZeneca’s Danicopan Trial; CHMP Recommends Sanofi/AstraZeneca’s nirsevimab; Akero’s NASH Drug Trial; FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to SY-5609; BMS’s Opdivo Trial Results; Pfizer to File for FDA Approval for Meningitis Vaccine; EMA Orphan Drug Designation to CAN-2409; FDA Starts Priority Review of Chiesi ‘s velmanase alfa
AstraZeneca’s Danicopan Shows Positive Results in Phase III Trial Danicopan, an oral Factor D inhibitor developed by AstraZeneca, was expected to fail a phase II trial in rare kidney disease in 2020, but a new readout could revive the drug. Danicopan (ALXN2040) has demonstrated efficacy as an adjunct treatment f...
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Sep 13, 2022
Amgen Announced the Result of its CodeBreak-200 Trial; FDA Clears Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Deucravacitinib; BioNTech’s Amplified CAR-T Therapy; TIL Therapy Improves on Yervoy in Melanoma; GSK’s Daprodustat will have to face FDA Advisory Committee; Breakthrough Therapy Status to Pfizer’s Group B Strep Vaccine; EU Approves Gilead’ Tecartus; Gilead’ Trodelvy Results in TROPiCs-02 Trial
Amgen Reveals the Top-line Result of its CodeBreak-200 trial of Lumakras in Lung Cancer The top-line result of Amgen's CodeBreak-200 trial of Lumakras in lung cancer was presented in abstract form at ESMO two weeks ago, showing a 34% improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) compared to chemotherapy. The fu...
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Mar 22, 2022
Bristol Myers’ Opdivo combo Opdualag for Melanoma; Biogen’s Aduhelm; Marinus’ Ztalmy for CDKL-5 Deficiency Disorder; Merck’s Keytruda + Lynparza; Vitaris’s Breyna; Moderna’s Second COVID-19 Booster Shot; Takeda’s Exkivity; BMS’s First LAG-3 Checkpoint Inhibitor
NHS Grants Fast Track Access to Takeda’s Exkivity Takeda has secured UK approval for its lung cancer therapy Exkivity, with an NHS access deal that could see it prescribed to patients within the next few weeks. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has granted conditional marketing authorisa...
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Jul 14, 2021
Key Pharma Companies Expanding their Arm in the Skin Cancer Segment
Cancer today is one of the most deadly diseases worldwide, causing a significant burden in terms of mortality, years of life lost, and disability as compared to other diseases. It hampers economic development, weighs down the healthcare system of the country, and affects the quality of life of the patient and their...
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Jan 26, 2021
Aurinia’s Lupkynis for Lupus; FDA Fast Track Designation for Toripalimab; Wren Therapeutics’ Financing; Merck’s Covid-19 Vaccine Program End
Hot on the heels, Aurinia launches its drug in the Lupus market after GSK Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has recently got the USFDA approval for its Lupkynis (voclosporin) in combination with a background immunosuppressive therapy regimen to treat adult patients with active Lupus nephritis (LN). Lupkynis is the first o...
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