Regulation

IVERIC bio announces fast track designation from US FDA for Zimura to treat geographic atrophy secondary to dry age-related macular degeneration

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, Acceleron get FDA nod for Reblozyl to treat anaemia with lower-risk MDS

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).

Bristol Myers Squibb and bluebird bio submit BLA for Idecabtagene Vicleucel to FDA

Bristol Myers Squibb and bluebird bio submitted their Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel; bb2121) for the treatment of adults with multiple myeloma who have received at least three prior therapies, including an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor and an anti-CD38 antibody.

IMFINZI (durvalumab) approved in the US for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer

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).

FDA accepts Roche’s NDA for Xofluza to treat influenza in children

Roche announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a New Drug Application (NDA) as well as two supplemental New Drug Applications (sNDA) for Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil).

EMA grants orphan drug designation to AlloVir’s Viralym-M

AlloVir, a late-clinical stage allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy company, announced it has been granted Orphan Drug Designation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for Viralym-M (ALVR105) as a potential treatment of viral diseases and infections in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

FDA approves Bristol Myers Squibb’s ZEPOSIA oral treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis

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.

Infinity gets FDA fast track status for IPI-549, Opdivo combo in urothelial cancer

Infinity Pharmaceuticals said that IPI-549 in combination with nivolumab (Opdivo) has been given the fast track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of advanced urothelial cancer.

ViiV Healthcare secures Canadian approval for HIV drug regimen CABENUVA

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.