Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ shares were down more than 10% at $4.45 pre-market today, as the) company provided an unfavorable update on its tradipitant development program. 19 September 2024
The European Commission has conditionally approved the marketing application submitted by Ipsen for Iqirvo (elafibranor) 80mg tablets for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) 21 September 2024
On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved UK pharma major AstraZeneca’s (LSE: AZN) FluMist for self- or caregiver-administration by a parent/caregiver to individuals 2-17 years of age. 21 September 2024
Today, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Miplyffa (arimoclomol), an oral medication for the treatment of Neimann-Pick disease, type C (NPC). 20 September 2024
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) recommended approval of five novel medicines at its September meeting 20 September 2024
The Israeli Ministry of Health (IL MOH) has approved Tevimbra (tislelizumab) as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OESCC). 20 September 2024
Basilea Pharmaceutica announced that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has awarded Basilea an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), under OTA number 75A50124C00033. 20 September 2024
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) advisory committee the CHMP has adopted a positive opinion for a label update of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy (semaglutide 2.4mg). 20 September 2024
Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ shares were down more than 10% at $4.45 pre-market today, as the) company provided an unfavorable update on its tradipitant development program. 19 September 2024
Applied Therapeutics saw its stock price climb by over two-thirds after an encouraging update on the US Food and Drug Administration review of govorestat. 19 September 2024
Daiichi Sankyo’s today revealed that its Vanflyta (quizartinib) has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for routine National Health Service (NHS) commissioning in England and Wales. 19 September 2024
Pharma giant Merck & Co has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab), alongside pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy, for the first-line treatment of adults with unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). 18 September 2024
Novo Nordisk is under increasing pressure over the cost of its blockbuster drugs in the USA, as chief executive Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen prepares to testify before a powerful Senate committee. 18 September 2024
In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Missouri, USA, Health insurer Cigna (NYSE: CI) and its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Express Scripts demanded that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) retract its July 2024 report. 18 September 2024
AstraZeneca’s Fasenra (benralizumab) has been approved in the USA for the treatment of adult patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, the UK pharma major announced today. 18 September 2024
Yesterday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance, “Integrating Randomized Controlled Trials for Drug and Biological Products into Routine Clinical Practice” 18 September 2024
Bayer has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the investigational compound elinzanetant. 17 September 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Ocrevus Zunovo (ocrelizumab and hyaluronidase-ocsq) for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS), from Swiss pharma giant Roche. 16 September 2024
National Health Service (NHS) patients in England are set to benefit from early access to potentially life-saving new medicines, including cutting-edge gene therapies, thanks to a new Innovative Medicines Fund and £680 million ($925 million) of ringfenced funding, the NHS chief executive has announced today. 21 July 2021
The US Food & Drug Administration approval of Bylvay (odevixibat), the first drug approved for the treatment of pruritus in all subtypes of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), developed by Boston, USA-based Albireo Pharma. 21 July 2021
The European Commission (EC) has approved the marketing authorization application for Ryeqo (relugolix 40mg, estradiol 1.0mg, and norethindrone acetate 0.5mg) for the treatment of moderate to severe symptoms of uterine fibroids in adult women of reproductive age, with no limitation for duration of use. 21 July 2021
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved fexinidazole as the first all-oral treatment for both stages of the Trypanosoma brucei gambiense form of sleeping sickness (Human African trypanosomiasis) in patients six years of age and older and weighing at least 20 kg. 21 July 2021
The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has started a rolling review of Vidprevtyn, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sanofi Pasteur. 20 July 2021
Swiss pharma giant Roche today announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Ronapreve (casirivimab and imdevimab), for the indication of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 via intravenous infusion. 20 July 2021
Shares of California, USA-based cardiorenal specialist Ardelyx plunged more than 70% to $2.28 in after-hours trading on Monday, as the company revealed the US regulator is not ready to approve its tenapanor for dialysis patients. 20 July 2021
In anticipation of the third wave of the pandemic, the Russian government has significantly increased purchases of anti-COVID-19 drugs, according to recent statements by state press-service and local media reports. 20 July 2021
Drug prices are steadily rising in Russia due to the weak rouble and the ever-growing prices for raw materials, most of which are traditionally imported to Russia from abroad, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 20 July 2021
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Priority Review designation for the Biologics License Application (BLA) for the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. 19 July 2021
The European Medicines agency announced today that it has started evaluating an application to extend the use of Kineret (anakinra) to include treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adult patients with pneumonia who are at risk of developing severe respiratory failure (inability of the lungs to work properly). 19 July 2021
Imfinzi (durvalumab) has been approved in China for the first-line treatment of adult patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), in combination with standard of care platinum chemotherapy (etoposide plus a choice of either carboplatin or cisplatin). 19 July 2021
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Vaxneuvance (pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine) for active immunization for the prevention of invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F, 22F, 23F and 33F in adults 18 years of age and older. 19 July 2021
Licensing agreements featured heavily in last week’s news, starting with US biotech Biogen entering into an agreement that could cost it $1 billion to get rights to a BTK inhibitor – orelabrutinib for multiple sclerosis – from China’s InnoCare Pharma. Denmark’s Novo Nordisk in-licensed rights to Prothena’s ATTR amyloidosis program, and PRX004, in a deal worth up to $1.2 billion. Also, Ionis Pharmaceuticals last Tuesday exercised an option on fellow USA-based Bicycle Therapeutics’ oligonucleotide targeting the transferrin receptor 1. On the M&A front, Eli Lilly revealed on Wednesday it was acquiring privately-held US company Protomer Technologies for what could be a $1 billion transaction, getting rights to its glucose-sensing insulin project. Additionally, the US Food and Drug Administration took issue with Amgen’s promotion of its cancer drug Neulasta, which the agency said could undermine confidence in biosimilars. 18 July 2021
Shares of USA-based Kadmon Holdings shot up more than 20% to $4.28 on Friday, after the company revealed its pharma unit had received its first regulatory approval, for Rezurock (belumosudil). 17 July 2021
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new use for Prograf (tacrolimus) based on a non-interventional (observational) study providing real-world evidence (RWE) of effectiveness. 17 July 2021
The European Medicines Agency has validated and accepted the marketing authorization application (MAA) for surufatinib for the treatment of pancreatic and extra-pancreatic (non-pancreatic) neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), submitted by China’s Hutchmed. 16 July 2021
USA-based FibroGen's shares have dropped by more than a third after a scientific panel of the US Food and Drug Administration voted against approval of roxadustat. 16 July 2021
Looking to overturn a regulatory rebuff, New Jersey, USA’s Merck & Co has announced positive event-free survival (EFS) data from the pivotal neoadjuvant/adjuvant Phase III study KEYNOTE-522. 16 July 2021
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has hit out at a decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) not to recommend Zytiga (abiraterone) as a first-line National Health Service (NHS) treatment for newly-diagnosed, advanced prostate cancer. 15 July 2021