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Are timely access and robust safety mutually exclusive?

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The FDA approves new cancer treatments in half the time of the EMA – but does faster mean better? And how can regulators balance timely access with robust safety? They found that the FDA approved 85 (95%) of the drugs before the EMA, with the latter clocking up a median delay of 241 (150-370) days.

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FDA pushes Daiichi Sankyo’s quizartinib approval date by three months

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has pushed quizartinib’s Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date in newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) for the review of updates of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) included in the application. Quizartinib had a 11.3%

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Drug companies know how to play the FDA drug approval process

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SUMMARY: The FDA has many puzzled as to why they approve some drugs with questionable data and ask for more data on other drugs. The FDA approves drugs on the potential to save a life, the cost of the drugs is never considered in the process. Drug companies know how to play the system. Can we make sense of this?

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Another Astellas gene therapy hits a safety hurdle

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The safety of Astellas’ gene therapy portfolio has been thrust into the spotlight once again, after the FDA placed a clinical hold on a trial of its Pompe disease candidate AT845. The post Another Astellas gene therapy hits a safety hurdle appeared first on.

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AstraZeneca-Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu gets US FDA approval for breast cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo ’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has received expanded approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat adults with unresectable or metastatic HER2-low (IHC 1+ or IHC 2+/ISH-) breast cancer. Enhertu-treated subjects had a median overall survival (OS) of 23.4 months compared with 16.8

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FDA approves long-acting injectable for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Rykindo ® (risperidone) for extended-release injectable suspension. In 2019, there were 40 million individuals with bipolar disorder worldwide. Clinical trials of the FDA approved Rykindo ®. Rykindo ® is an atypical antipsychotic developed by Luye Pharmaceutical.

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FDA accepts BLA for Sandoz’s proposed biosimilar natalizumab

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the biologics licence application (BLA) of Novartis subsidiary Sandoz for natalizumab, a proposed first-ever multiple sclerosis (MS) biosimilar to reference medicine Tysabri. In 2019, Sandoz and Polpharma Biologics signed an international commercialisation agreement for natalizumab.