FDA Awards QIDP Designation to Evofem Biosciences
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Evofem Biosciences a Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) Designation to EVO100 (Phexxi) for the prevention of chlamydia. Chlamydia has been reported to be responsible for up to half of all pelvic...
VCN Biosciences’ VCN-01 Receives FDA Designation
Synthetic Biologics has announced that VCN Biosciences has received an Orphan Drug Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their therapy, VCN-01, to treat retinoblastoma. Retinoblastoma is a rare cancer of the eye that develops from immature...
Eureka Therapeutics: ODD to Treat Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Eureka Therapeutics has announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to their therapies, ET140203 and ECT204, for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC is the most common form of liver cancer and...
NGM Bio’s NGM621 Receives FDA Fast Track Designation
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a Fast Track designation to NGM Bio’s NGM621 for the treatment of patients with geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration. GA is an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration and...
BioCardia: CardiAMP System to Treat Heart Failure
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the BioCardia’s CardiAMP® Cell Therapy System designed for the treatment of heart failure. Heart Failure (HF) is a complex, progressive clinical syndrome that affects the...
Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine SPIKEVAX Snatches FDA Approval
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, SPIKEVAX, becoming the second COVID-19 vaccine to be fully approved in the US. Now marketed under the name SPIKEVAX, the vaccine’s name references the spike-like...
FDA Designation: THE-630 to Treat Gastrointestinal Tumors
Theseus Pharmaceuticals announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for THE-630 to treat patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). GIST is the most common sarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract, and...
Azafaros: ODD for AZ-3102 to Treat GM2 Gangliosidosis
Azafaros has announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for AZ-3102 to treat GM2 gangliosidosis, including Tay-Sachs disease and Sandhoff disease. GM2 gangliosidosis, a group of rare genetic disorders that...
FDA Approval: Prophylactic Treatment for Type 3 VWD
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Takeda Pharmaceutical’s VONVENDI to reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in patients with severe Type 3 von Willebrand disease (VWD). VWD is the most common inherited bleeding disorder that is caused by a...
ALX Oncology: Evorpacept Receives ODD to Treat GC
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an orphan drug designation (ODD) for ALX Oncology’s evorpacept, a next-generation CD47 blocker, to treat patients with gastric cancer and gastroesophageal junction cancer. Gastric cancer and gastroesophageal...
Immunocore: FDA Clearance of Uveal Melanoma Drug KIMMTRAK
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval of Immunocore’s KIMMTRAK (tebentafusp-tebn) to treat adults who are HLA-A*02:01-positive for unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM). Uveal melanoma is a rare and aggressive cancer of the eye, in...
Imara IND Clearance: Tovinontrine (IMR-687) to Treat HFpEF
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Imara’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for tovinontrine (IMR-687) to treat heart failure with preserved ejection faction (HFpEF). HFpEF (diastolic heart failure) is a form of heart failure that occurs...
Pidnarulex: FDA Fast Track to Treat Solid Tumors
Senhwa Biosciences’ Pidnarulex (CX-5461) has been granted a Fast Track Designation (FTD) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of solid tumors with BRCA1/2, PALB2, and other gene mutations. In patients with solid tumors, specifically breast...
FDA Approval: IND for APS03118 to Treat Multiple Cancers
In regulatory news today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an Investigational New Drug (IND) application from Applied Pharmaceutical Science for its breakthrough drug, APS03118, to target multiple advanced cancer types. APS03118 has...
Drug Designation for AO-176: Treatment for Multiple Myeloma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for Arch Oncology’s next-generation anti-CD47 IgG2 antibody, AO-176, for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (r/r MM). Multiple myeloma is a cancer of mature plasma...
VYVGART: Approval for Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) has approved agrenx SE’s VYVGART (efgartigimod alfa) intravenous infusion for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) in adult patients who did not see improvements from pervious treatment with...
Investigational New Drug: CX-904 To Treat Solid Tumors
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance of CytomX and Amgen’s Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for CX-904, a T-cell-engaging bispecific antibody, to treat advanced solid tumors. Solid tumors can be malignant or benign, typically...
Diadem’s AlzoSure Predict: Breakthrough Device Designation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for Diadem’s AlzoSure Predict, a blood-based biomarker prognostic assay designed to identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease and determine the potential rate of progression in...
FDA Approval: AbbVie’s RINVOQ to Treat Atopic Dermatitis
AbbVie has announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for RINVOQ (upadacitinib) to treat refractory, moderate to severe atopic dermatitis in children 12 years and older and adults. Atopic dermatitis, more commonly known as eczema, is a chronic skin...
FDA IND Clearance: Topical Agent to Treat Dry Eye Disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for Aramis Biosciences’ immunomodulatory agent, A197, for the treatment of dry eye disease. Dry eye disease is a common, chronic, immune-mediated disease that is...