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Sep 27, 2022
Daiichi Sankyo’s Ezharmia; Pfizer & Sangamo Hemophilia A Gene Therapy Trial; Approval for Fennec’s Pedmark; FDA Approves UBE and Santen’s OMLONTI; EC Approves AstraZeneca’s Tezspire; FDA Approves Selpercatinib; FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Eli Lilly’s Retevmo; GSK & Spero Announce Exclusive License Agreement
Daiichi Sankyo Receives the First Approval for its Blood Cancer Drug Ezharmia Daiichi Sankyo has received the first global approval for Ezharmia, a first-in-class dual EZH1 and EZH2 inhibitor for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). The Japanese Ministry of ...
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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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Sep 06, 2022
AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi for Biliary Tract Cancer; FDA Clears Boehringer’s Spesolimab; Novo Nordisk to Acquire Forma Therapeutics; Sanofi’s Xenpozyme Approved for ASMD; Another FDA Approval to Azurity’s Konvomep; Amgen’s Lumakras Trial Results; FDA Grants Priority Review to Sanofi & Sobi’s efanesoctocog alfa; Neurocrine Bio to Takeover UK Biotech Diurnal
FDA Approves AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi for Biliary Tract Cancer Imfinzi, a checkpoint inhibitor developed by AstraZeneca, has been approved by the FDA as the first immunotherapy for biliary tract cancer (BTC), a rare and aggressive form of cancer with few treatment options. Imfinzi (durvalumab) has been approved by ...
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Aug 30, 2022
Aktis’s Novel Targeted Alpha Radiopharmaceuticals; Koye Partners with Sonde Health; Novartis to Spin Off Sandoz Business; Alcon to Buy Aerie Pharma; Fast Track Designation to Merck’s MK-2060; FDA Approves Ibrutinib for Chronic GvHD; French Authorities Clears BrainVectis’s Clinical Trial; Takeda’s Dengue Vaccine TAK-003 Gets Approval in Indonesia
Aktis Oncology Raises USD 84 Million To Advance Novel Targeted Alpha Radiopharmaceuticals Aktis Oncology has raised an additional USD 84 million in its Series A round, adding to the USD 72 million raised last year to help bring its radiopharmaceuticals to market. The extension to the first round included Merck's...
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Aug 23, 2022
EMA to review Cidara Therapeutics’ Rezafungin; EU Approves Gilead Sciences’ Sunlenca; FDA Approves Axsome’s Auvelity; EU Marketing Authorisation to Oncopeptides’s Pepaxti; Merck Signs $ 3.5 B Deal with Orna; FDA to review AstraZeneca and Merck’s Lynparza; FDA Approval to Bluebird’s Zynteglo; FDA Decision Date for GSK’s Momelotinib
EU Regulator Starts its Review of Cidara Therapeutics’ Candidiasis Therapy Rezafungin The EU regulator has begun its review of Cidara Therapeutics’ once-weekly antifungal rezafungin, with a decision expected next year as a new option for serious, invasive candida infections. The application is based on the ReSTO...
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Aug 16, 2022
Novartis’ Canakinumab for NSCLC; Novartis’s Zolgensma Updates; Trodelvy Prospects in New Breast Cancer Use; Novartis Secures European Approval For Pluvicto; Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Abecma Phase III Trials; Trastuzumab Approved for Deruxtecan for HER2-Mutant NSCLC
Novartis’ Canakinumab Fails in Phase III Trials for NSCLC Canakinumab's prospects as an anticancer therapy were already dwindling when a third phase III trial in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) failed to reach its objectives. The most recent setback came from the CANOPY-A study, which included patients with N...
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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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Jul 12, 2022
Novo Nordisk’s Concizumab for Hemophilia; AbbVie Ends its Alliance with Alector; ADC Therapeutics and Sobi Enters in Exclusive Licensing Deal; BMS’ Opdivo Gets NHS Use; Merck to Acquire Seagen; FDA Priority Review to Roche’s Lunsumio; AstraZeneca to Acquire TeneoTwo; FDA Orphan Drug Designation to PBI-200
Novo Nordisk Reports Phase III Results of Concizumab Drug for Hemophilia A or B Novo Nordisk has announced Phase III results for their concizumab drug for hemophilia A or B, demonstrating efficacy in preventing bleeding events and paving the way for regulatory filings later this year. Concizumab, an anti-tissue ...
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May 31, 2022
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo Approval; Mirati’s KRAS-inhibitor Adagrasib; J&J and Legend Biotech’s CAR-T Carvykti Approval; Roche’s Glofitamab; Arena Pharma’s Etrasimod Phase 3 Trials; FDA Approves Dermavant’s Vtama; FDA Approves Novartis’ Cell Therapy; NICE Approves Merck’s Keytruda
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo Gets FDA Approval for Esophageal Cancer The FDA has approved two combination drug regimens based on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo for previously untreated advanced Esophageal Cancer, encroaching on the territory belonging to Merck & Co’s rival Keytruda. The latest...
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