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JANUARY 16, 2023

Under the agreement with the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland), the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (Swissmedic) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be able to utilise each other’s GMP inspections of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, avoiding the need for duplicate inspections.

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MAY 23, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Blueprint Medicines’ Ayvakit (avapritinib) as the first and only treatment for indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) in adult patients.

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APRIL 13, 2023

As psychedelics diffused into wider society and recreational use increased, some individuals reported…ongoing symptoms after the drugs had left the body” At a time when psychiatry lacked effective medical therapies, the discovery of LSD was of interest.

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MARCH 31, 2023

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed sublicence agreements with three generics manufacturers to produce generic versions of cabotegravir long-acting (LA) injectable for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The pharma companies who will manufacture the generic versions are Viatris, Aurobindo and Cipla.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A report by Towards Healthcare has forecasted that the advanced drug delivery market will value $375.86 The year 2023 was “significant” for the progress of advanced drug delivery systems, the author reflected. A key innovation method is the oral route of administration. billion by 2033. Last year, with a size of $234.84

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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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AUGUST 7, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has approved Zurzuvae ( zuranolone ), the first oral medicine to treat postpartum depression (PPD) in adults. The post First oral medicine for postpartum depression approved appeared first on European Pharmaceutical Review.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel), the first regulatory submission for a CRISPR-based medicine. The MAA from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics is supported by two global Phase III studies.

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MAY 7, 2024

A novel intravesical targeted drug delivery system for patients with bladder cancer has demonstrated positive data in updated results from a Phase I trial. These data for the drug delivery system for erdafitinib were featured at the 2024 American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting.

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JULY 3, 2023

Positively, regarding the drug’s development , Mayer added that Ipsen plans “to move forward with regulatory submissions to the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency [EMA].” The post Could small molecule medicine treat rare liver disease?

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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. In 2019, Synlogic and Ginkgo Bioworks entered a platform collaboration to support a synthetic bionic medicines pipeline.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Lenacapavir for PrEP was granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October. This newly released data was presented at the International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection (HIV Glasgow) and will be published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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JULY 4, 2024

In the US, botanical dietary supplements can be sold without US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, 1 prompting many vendors to promote the use of botanical products as dietary supplements , 2 rather than pursue a path of regulatory approval. 3 Is two too few?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Incentivising small molecule drug innovation According to the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the bipartisan Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures ( EPIC Act ) passed last week in the US, is a “critical” step for incentivising small molecule drug innovation.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

The success of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has quickly catapulted mRNA therapeutics as a disruptive, expanding drug category” The term ‘mRNA’ has become commonplace globally. The success of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has quickly catapulted mRNA therapeutics as a disruptive, expanding drug category.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

The small molecule heart failure drug acoramidis has potential in slowing or stopping the progression of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), according to study data published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The drug was also shown to lower cardiac congestion.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

a China-based pharma company has announced it has received clearance for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate clinical studies of T21, a 3D-printed medicine that can target specific segments in the colon to more safely deliver oral ulcerative colitis (UC) drugs.

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JULY 21, 2023

European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a draft reflection paper on using artificial intelligence (AI) to support the safe and effective development, regulation and use of medicines. How can AI and ML support development and regulation of medicines?

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Clarivate Plc has released its Drugs to Watch 2023 report — among 70 of the drugs highlighted, including potential blockbuster drugs, the majority were revealed to be personalised medicines. The report offers predictive analysis of drugs entering the market or launching key indications in 2023.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

T he drug-approval slump in major markets that clouded innovation prospects during 2022 seems to be over.

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AUGUST 23, 2022

FAKE MEDICINES are not a new problem, and pose a tremendous threat to patient safety and public health in society regardless of a country’s economic status. The prevalence of fake drugs is a continually growing problem worldwide. Some, 250,000 child deaths per year can be attributed to counterfeit malaria and pneumonia medicines.

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MAY 12, 2023

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has announced that an international scientific team has developed a CRISPR-based drug candidate that targets E coli directly and leaves the microbiome intact. The division of infectious diseases at Weill Cornell Medicine carried out the work in collaboration with JAFRAL and JMI Laboratories.

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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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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. It means eligible individuals can be offered twice-yearly subcutaneous administration as alternative treatment option to intravenous administration.

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MARCH 27, 2024

The authors highlighted the variations in methods advised in guidelines from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) were a contributing factor. As such, this “could impact the need for rigorous quality control measures, such as pyrogen testing”.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cobenfy (xanomeline and trospium chloride) for schizophrenia in adults. Bristol Myers Squibb highlighted that Xanomeline is a dual M 1 – and M 4 -preferring muscarinic receptor agonist.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Oral difelikefalin could potentially relieve the moderate-to-severe itching associated with notalgia paresthetica, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. To date, there are no US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatments specifically targeting this disorder.

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JULY 3, 2023

The Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ) in the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center Pharmaceutical Quality for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has released its 2022 annual report analysing drug manufacturers and their products.

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MARCH 6, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first and only FDA-approved denosumab biosimilars, to treat all indications of the reference medicines. The approval is also accompanied by labelling with safety warnings.

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JULY 1, 2022

Blueprint Medicines has entered strategic financing partnerships for up to $1.25bn with life sciences-focused investors Sixth Street and Royalty Pharma. Ayvakit has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to treat advanced systemic mastocytosis in adults.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

needs to take substantial steps to address the high costs of cancer drugs. From 2009 to 2019, the median monthly treatment costs for new drugs at launch reached $11,755 in the U.S… From 2009-10 to 2018-19, the lowest average monthly costs for new cancer drugs approved by the U.S. SUMMARY: The U.S.

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MAY 24, 2023

Inovio has received orphan drug designation for INO-3107 from the European Commission (EC) to treat recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). The latest designation comes after the European committee for orphan medicinal products provided a positive opinion on the company’s application for the therapy.

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MARCH 1, 2024

API method development and testing at Polpharma API As a key player in the Polish pharmaceutical market and a prominent drug manufacturer in Central and Eastern Europe, Polpharma API exports medicinal products to 35 markets and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to over 60 countries.

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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. No concerns related to the clinical data package, safety or the medicine label. The regulator has issued a complete response letter.

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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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MARCH 18, 2024

A Phase III trial has shown that compared oral drug delivery, administering levodopa through an infusion pump led to nearly two hours of day (1.72) of additional time in which the medicine reduced symptoms in Parkinson’s patients. The research paper comparing the two drug delivery methods was published in The Lancet Neurology.

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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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