The latest news from the global pharmaceutical industry
Ars pharmaceuticals has been granted approval by the us food and drug administration (fda) for their epinephrine nasal spray, neffy, to be used as treatment of type 1 allergic reactions including anaphylaxis.
Accelerated approval has been granted for Gilead science’s livdelzi (seladelpar) to treat primary biliary cholangitis (pbc) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Merck (known as MSDoutside of the US and Canada) has announced that its anti-pd-1 therapy, in combination with padcev (enfortuman vedotin-ejfv), has received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Researchers at the UCLA Health jonsson comprehensive cancer center have announced that they are launching a first-of-its-kind clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a cancer vaccine. The vaccine targets h3 g34-mutant diffuse hemispheric glioma, an aggressive brain tumour typically found in adolescents and young people.
This month, Janssen-Cilag international, part of johnson & johnson (j&j) has announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved a combined treatment of rybrevant (amivantamab) and chemotherapy (carboplatin and pemerexed) for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (nsclc) with an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR).
Adaptimmune therapeutics has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given accelerated approval for tecelra (afamitresgene autoleucel), the first engineered cell therapy for a solid tumour cancer approved in the US.
Orthopaedics branch of Johnson and Johnson Medtech, Depuy Synthes, has announced that their surgical robotics system velys active has received 501k clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Daiichi Sankyo and Merck (known as MSD outside of the US and Canada) have announced the expansion of their co-development and co-commercialisation agreement – already investigating three dxd antibody drug conjugates (adcs) ‒ to include mk-6070.
AbbVie has announced the acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics, strengthening its neuroscience pipeline.
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How is primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) currently affecting patients; and, more importantly, what hopes does PBC Awareness Month bring for new treatment options?
Eisai and Biogen have announced that Leqembi (lecanemab) has been launched in China as a treatment for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild AD dementia, following its approval in January 2024.