FORMA Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare hematologic diseases and cancers, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation for FORMA’s lead investigational agent, FT-4202, currently in clinical development as a potentially disease-modifying treatment for sickle cell disease (SCD).
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, the leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to vutrisiran, an investigational therapeutic for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis in adults.
Ascletis Pharma announces that it received IND approval from National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitor ASC09F (ASC09/Ritonavir Fixed-Dose Combination).
AstraZeneca and Merck have secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Koselugo (selumetinib) to treat paediatric patients aged two years and older with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) who have symptomatic and inoperable plexiform neurofibromas (PN).
Pfizer has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Braftovi (encorafenib) plus cetuximab (Erbitux) to treat BRAFV600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) after prior therapy.
IVERIC bio announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to Zimura® (avacincaptad pegol), a novel complement C5 inhibitor, in development for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) and Acceleron Pharma have secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Reblozyl (luspatercept-aamt) to treat anaemia in adults with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
AstraZeneca announced that IMFINZI (durvalumab) has been approved in the US as a 1st-line treatment for adult patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) in combination with standard-of-care (SoC) chemotherapies, etoposide and either carboplatin or cisplatin (platinum-etoposide).
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ZEPOSIA (ozanimod) 0.92 mg for the treatment of adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (RMS), including clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease, and active secondary progressive disease.
ViiV Healthcare has secured approval for CABENUVA (cabotegravir and rilpivirine extended-release injectable suspensions) from Health Canada for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults.
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