The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a Positive Opinion recommending marketing authorisation for IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib) to include the combination with rituximab for the treatment of adult patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).
Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xywav (calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates) oral solution on July 21, 2020 for the treatment of cataplexy or excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in patients 7 years of age and older with narcolepsy.
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing voclosporin across multiple indications, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the filing of its New Drug Application (NDA) for voclosporin, as a potential treatment for lupus nephritis (LN), a serious inflammation of the kidneys caused by the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Boehringer Ingelheim has secured approval for a new indication of nintedanib to treat adults with other chronic fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) with a progressive phenotype beyond idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Janssen Pharmaceutical has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Tremfya (guselkumab) for the treatment of active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in adults.
Inflazome, the pioneering inflammasome biotech company developing multiple drugs that stop harmful inflammation, today announces that it has been granted orphan drug designation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Inzomelid in the treatment of Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndrome (CAPS).
Pfizer and Biopharmaceutical New Technologies (BioNTech) have secured fast track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for two investigational mRNA-based vaccine candidates against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus responsible for the Covid-19 disease.
Concert Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for the Company’s oral Janus kinase inhibitor, CTP-543, for the treatment of adult patients with moderate-to-severe alopecia areata.
AstraZeneca and Merck have secured approval from the European Union (EU) for the Lynparza as a maintenance treatment for adult patients with germline BRCA-mutated metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Neurogene, a company founded with a mission to bring life-changing genetic medicines to patients and families affected by rare neurological diseases, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation to adeno-associated virus vector with engineered transgene encoding the human CLN5 gene for patients with CLN5, a form of Batten disease.
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