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Akouos AK-OTOF Receives Positive Statement From EMA For ODD
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) has given a positive opinion on Akousos application for orphan drug designation for AK-OTOF. Akouos, a precision genetic medicine company which aims to produce gene therapies for people...
ACC Finds Women Still Under-represented in Cardiology Trials
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) Cardiovascular Disease in Women Committee released a new report concluding that women, particularly women of color and minority women are still under-represented in a large majority of clinical cardiology (CVD) trials, in spite...
ICMRA Issues Guidelines for Global Track and Trace Systems
The International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) has released comprehensive guidelines recommending how regulatory bodies can introduce aligned track and trace systems around the world to combat counterfeit or falsified products in global supply...
FDA Approves Sanofi’s Nexviazymefor to Treat Pompe Disease
The US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has approved Sanofi’s Nexviazymefor to treat patients with rare but potentially fatal muscle disorder, Pompe disease. Pompe disease affects 1 in 40,000 Americans and weakens the heart and skeletal muscles caused by an...
Ardelyx Tenapanor Approval Requires Further Clinical Study
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected Tenapanor for Control of Phosphorus in Kidney Disease, asking for another clinical trial that indicates the drug’s greater benefits before approval. Ardelyx devleoped Tenapanor, an oral inhibitor of the...
The EU Approves 200 Million Novavax Covid-19 Vaccines Supply
The European Commission (EC) has granted approval of a supply contract with Novavax to purchase more than 200 million COVID-19 vaccines. The deal is an attempt to further diversity the EU’s vaccine strategy after betting heavily on their Pfizer and Moderna vaccine...
Novartis begins Zolgensma study after FDA’s hold lifts
Aiming to expand the use of Zolgensma, Novartis has announced the launch of a new phase three study following the FDA’s decision to remove restrictions and partial clinical trial hold. Novartis plans to evaluate the use of Zolgensma to treat patients (aged 2-18) for...
FDA Grants Alkermes Fast Tracked Designation for Nemvaleukin
The FDA has granted Alkermes fast-tracked designation for Nemvaleukin Alfa (nemvaleukin) to treat patients with mucosal melanoma, following nemvaleukin's orphan drug designation earlier in the year. Nemvaleukin alfa is Alkermes’ first investigational engineered...
Bristol Myers Opdivo Wins The EC Approval for GEJ Cancer
The European Commmision (EC) has granted Bristol Myers approval for Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat adult esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer who have pathologic disease after previous neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT). With the approval based on the...
FDA Approves Eli Lilly COVID-19 Drug Without Remdesivir
Expanding on their emergency authorization from November, the FDA has granted Eli Lilly approval for the use of their COVID-19 drug baricitinib to be taken on its own and not in combination with Gilead's drug remdesivir for patients with COVID-19. With the approval...
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