The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Bristol-Myers Squibb's (BMS) Opdivo as the first and only immuno-oncology treatment option for patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC) whose cancer has progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other line of therapy.
Merck and Eisai have secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for kinase inhibitor Lenvima (lenvatinib) as the first-line treatment for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has secured approval for its dry eye disease treatment CEQUA (cyclosporine ophthalmic solution) 0.09%, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Onspira Therapeutics has secured orphan drug designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational product, OSP-101, to treat Bronchiolitis Obliterans (BO).
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation for Roche's Xolair (omalizumab) for the prevention of severe allergic reactions after accidental exposure to one or more foods in people with allergies.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic, Onpattro (patisiran) lipid complex injection, to treat polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis in adults.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals’ plasma kallikrein inhibitor BCX7353 has been given fast track designation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention of angioedema attacks in patients having hereditary angioedema (HAE).
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan designation to selumetinib, a MEK 1/2 inhibitor which is being developed by AstraZeneca and Merck to treat neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).
Pfizer has secured approval from the European Commission (EC) for its Xeljanz (tofacitinib citrate) for the treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC).
Progenics Pharmaceuticals has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its radiotherapeutic drug Azedra (iobenguane I 131) to treat rare tumors of the adrenal gland (pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma).
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