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JUNE 21, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LODOCO ® , the “first drug to target cardiovascular inflammation,” reported Dr Paul Ridker, MPH, Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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APRIL 14, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted rare paediatric drug designations for IPS HEART’s stem cell therapeutics, GIVI-MPC and ISX9-CPC, to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. The drug candidate received an orphan drug designation (ODD) from the FDA in February 2023.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

IZERVAY ( avacincaptad pegol intravitreal solution) induced a year-over-year reductions in the rate of geographic atrophy lesion growth in patients with geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a Phase III trial, Astellas Pharma has announced. Astellas to accelerate ocular disease treatments with $5.9

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APRIL 18, 2023

ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research announced its ISPOR Real-World Evidence Summit 2023 scheduled for May 7 in Boston, MA, USA. The Summit is collocated with and being held immediately prior to the Society’s annual international conference, ISPOR 2023.

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JUNE 29, 2023

The world’s first AI-generated anti-fibrotic small molecule inhibitor drug has been administered to the first human patients. Phase II clinical trials in the US and China are now underway for INS018_055, Insilico Medicine’s potentially first-in-class oral drug candidate. Patients will be divided into four parallel cohorts.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Initial data from the CPHI Annual Report 2023, which provides insight from 250 global pharmaceutical companies, reveals that AI (artificial intelligence) is expected to transform every area of the industry, from drug discovery through to drug development , within the next 24-months. Attending CPHI Barcelona 2023?

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MAY 10, 2023

Synlogic has received orphan drug designation (ODD) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for SYNB1934 to treat phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare inherited metabolic disease. The company stated that its findings support the potential for a safe, flexible, effective and convenient oral treatment option for PKU.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

On 15 September 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK’s) Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, Ojjaara (momelotinib), for the treatment of intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis in adults with anaemia.

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JUNE 27, 2024

Looking back briefly to 2023, within the cell and gene therapy space, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved marketing authorisations for seven of these treatments. The number was 37, as of April this year. 1 One of these approvals was granted to Pfizer, Inc. The number was 37, as of April this year.

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JUNE 19, 2023

UK-based pharmaceutical giant GSK has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the review period of its new drug application (NDA) for the rare bone cancer drug momelotinib by three months. The drug is not currently approved in any markets globally.

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APRIL 12, 2023

Taiwan Shionogi, a subsidiary of the Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi, has filed an application with the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) to obtain emergency use authorisation (EUA) for ensitrelvir fumaric acid (ensitrelvir). It targets Covid-19 patients who were asymptomatic or only had mild symptoms.

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MAY 18, 2023

HLB subsidiary Elevar Therapeutics has submitted a new drug application to the US Food and Drug Administration for its rivoceranib drug candidate plus camrelizumab as a first-line treatment for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC), which is the most common type of liver cancer.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

At the beginning of this year, EPR reported on the potential blockbuster pharmaceutical drugs to watch in 2023. The year 2023 also brought much advancement in the Alzheimer’s space for the pharmaceutical industry. Since then, EPR has covered developments for several of the therapies highlighted in the report.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The hurdles encountered in development and approval of a new drug can be overwhelming. 1 Consequently, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other agencies are keen to see “accelerated development” programmes in areas where there is a significant unmet clinical need. billion, and rising. billion, and rising.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Takeda’s single-dose pre-filled pen for ENTYVIO ® (vedolizumab) as a treatment for the chronic inflammatory disease ulcerative colitis. The biologic is approved for intravenous (IV) and subcutaneous (SC) administration.

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APRIL 24, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to XORTX Therapeutics’ oxypurinol to treat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) patients. The company noted that the ODD from the FDA is not an approval for the use of XORLO, a formulation of oxypurinol.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The new facility, known as Amgen Ohio, “was designed with the latest innovation and technology to deliver safe, reliable medicines for ‘every patient, every time,'” stated Robert Bradway, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Amgen. It is the company ’s most advanced manufacturing facility to date.

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APRIL 12, 2023

Pharming Group has conducted the first commercial shipments of oral selective PI3Kδ inhibitor Joenja (leniolisib) to patients diagnosed with activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ) syndrome (APDS) in the US. In March 2023, Joenja secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat the targeted patients.

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MARCH 2, 2023

This article explores some of the most notable developments of 2022, and areas that are likely to be a growing focus for data-driven transformation in 2023. EU Clinical Trial Information System From February 2023 all new clinical trials applications must be submitted via the new portal.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The drug will support patients in the worsening opioid crisis in the US, driven by the increased prevalence of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. Other drugs in Opiant’s development pipeline include OPNT004, a CB-1 antagonist in preclinical development as a potential injectable treatment for acute cannabinoid overdose (ACO).

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MAY 25, 2023

The tablet form of metronidazole has been the only approved oral form of the drug available on the US market. ATI-1501 has been designed to enable the wider use of metronidazole in patients who have difficulty swallowing.

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MAY 5, 2023

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has reported a 7% rise in total revenue to $3.16bn in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023 compared to $2.96bn in Q1 2022. In Q2 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Eylea, Kevzara (sarilumab), and Evkeeza (evinacumab).

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APRIL 28, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Orphan Drug Designation to Editas Medicine’s gene therapy EDIT-301 in sickle cell disease, based on an April 27 announcement. The US agency previously granted the Orphan Drug Designation to EDIT-301 for its study in beta thalassemia, in May 2022. g/dL and 45.4%

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MARCH 4, 2024

1 However, the entry of biologics into the pharmaceutical market is not without unique challenges, particularly when compared to small molecule drugs. Indeed, in 2022, biologics constituted 40 percent of all US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs, projecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.5

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

Donanemab is indicated to treat adult patients in Great Britain with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia due to Alzheimer’s. Specifically, it has been granted a marketing authorisation for eligible patients who are apolipoprotein E ε4 (ApoE ε4) heterozygotes or non-carriers.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorised the first subcutaneous formulation of an anti-PD-(L)1 cancer immunotherapy to be made available to patients in Great Britain. Administration of Roche’s Tecentriq ® SC (atezolizumab) takes approximately seven minutes.

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MAY 26, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review for Takeda and HUTCHMED’s new drug application (NDA) for fruquintinib. The new drug application (NDA) included data from the Phase III FRESCO-2 and FRESCO trials conducted in China.

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APRIL 17, 2023

US-based development-stage biopharmaceutical firm Satsuma Pharmaceuticals is developing STS101, a unique nasal powder formulation of the anti-migraine drug dihydroergotamine mesylate, for the treatment of acute migraine. In March 2023, Satsuma submitted a new drug application for STS101 to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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APRIL 12, 2024

There has been a “notable” rise in licensing agreements for innovator drugs incorporating clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based technology for gene therapies over the past five years, according to data and analytics firm GlobalData. These agreements have amassed a total deal value of $21 billion.

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JUNE 8, 2023

The use of 4D Molecular Therapeutics’ (4DMT) aerosolised gene therapy 4D-710 has improved the quality-of-life and spirometry-measured outcomes in three cystic fibrosis patients , based on early results from a Phase I/II study presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS).

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

Clinical trial results presented at the US IDWeek conference, revealed a three-dose series of the HEPLISAV-B vaccine prevents hepatitis B virus (HBV) in HIV patients not previously vaccinated against or infected with the virus. A breakdown of the data showed: HbsAb levels were greater than 1000mIU/ml in 88 percent of patients.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Following her presentation on age-related disease at BioFuture 2023, Executive Vice President of Drug Development for MyMD Pharmaceuticals ® , Jenna Brager, shares with EPR why the company’s next-generation tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha inhibitor has potential in inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

During CPHI Barcelona, EPR Editor Caroline Peachey asked Anil Kane, Global Head of Technical & Scientific Affairs, Pharma Services, at Thermo Fisher Scientific about the dynamic landscape of pharmaceutical drug development. What are the trends affecting drug development today? Prefilled syringes bring a range of benefits.

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JUNE 13, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted AstraZeneca’s new drug application (NDA) for the combination of capivasertib and FASLODEX (fulvestrant), and granted it priority review. The regulator will announce its decision during the fourth quarter of 2023.

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APRIL 14, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected Eli Lilly’s biologic licence application (BLA) for the ulcerative colitis (UC) drug mirikizumab over manufacturing concerns. This opinion is intended for use of the drug as a first-in-class treatment for adults with moderately to severely active UC.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Avadel Pharmaceuticals has introduced LUMRYZ (sodium oxybate) for commercial use in the US to treat cataplexy (excessive daytime sleepiness, or EDS) in adult patients with narcolepsy. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted final approval to the therapy in May 2023.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved XPHOZAH ® (tenapanor), the first and only phosphate absorption inhibitor. Overall, the data showed that XPHOZAH significantly reduced elevated serum phosphorus in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis.

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