Approvals

FDA approves new indication for AstraZeneca’s heart disease drug Brilinta

AstraZeneca has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Brilinta (ticagrelor) to minimise the risk of a first heart attack or stroke in high-risk patients with a heart disease known as coronary artery disease (CAD).

Genentech gets FDA approval for Tecentriq, Avastin combo for HCC

Genentech has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in combination with Avastin (bevacizumab) for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

FDA approves Opdivo + Yervoy combined with limited chemotherapy as first-line treatment of metastatic or recurrent NSCLC

Bristol Myers Squibb announced that Opdivo (nivolumab) 360 mg plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) 1 mg/kg (injections for intravenous use) given with two cycles of platinum-doublet chemotherapy was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with metastatic or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations.

FDA approves Dupixent as first biologic medicine for children aged six to 11 years with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Dupixent (dupilumab) for children aged 6 to 11 years with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis whose disease is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies or when those therapies are not advisable. Dupixent is the only biologic medicine approved for this patient population.

US FDA approves Takeda’s ALUNBRIG for rare and serious form of lung cancer

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ALUNBRIG (brigatinib) for adult patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive (ALK+) metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as detected by an FDA-approved test.

Enhertu granted orphan drug designation in US for gastric cancer

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (Daiichi Sankyo)’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) in the US for the treatment of patients with gastric cancer, including gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Sunovion gets FDA nod for Kynmobi to treat Parkinson’s disease off episodes

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Kynmobi (apomorphine hydrochloride) sublingual film (APL-130277) to treat Parkinson’s disease (PD) off episodes.

LYNPARZA approved in US for HRR gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

AstraZeneca and Merck announced that LYNPARZA (olaparib) has been approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have progressed following prior treatment with enzalutamide or abiraterone. Patients will be selected for therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for LYNPARZA.

Novartis firm AveXis gets EC nod for Zolgensma to treat spinal muscular atrophy

Novartis company AveXis has secured conditional approval from the European Commission (EC) for its Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).