Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals have been given conditional approval by the European Commission (EC) for their fully-human monoclonal antibody Libtayo (cemiplimab) for the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) in adults.
Puma Biotechnology has submitted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for neratinib in combination with capecitabine for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who have failed two or more prior lines of HER2-directed treatments (third-line disease).
Sensorion (Paris:ALSEN)(FR0012596468 – ALSEN) a pioneering clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company which specializes in the development of novel therapies to restore, treat and prevent inner ear diseases such as hearing loss, tinnitus and vertigo, announces today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted its Pediatric Investigation Plan (PIP) for both development in the treatment of severe hearing loss (SSNHL) and for prevention of ototoxicity caused by cisplatin (CIO) in the pediatric population.
Roche announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of Tecentriq (atezolizumab) plus chemotherapy (Abraxane; nab-paclitaxel) for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) whose tumours have PD-L1 expression (≥ 1%) and who have not received prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease.
Pfizer has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Zirabev (bevacizumab-bvzr), an oncology biosimilar to Roche’s Avastin (bevacizumab).
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has refused to recommend approval for Amgen and UCB’s Evenity (romosozumab) for the treatment of severe osteoporosis.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Soliris to treat adults with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) who are anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody positive.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to empagliflozin for the reduction of the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in people with chronic heart failure, Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company announced.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi have secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat adults with nasal polyps accompanied by chronic rhinosinusitis.
Tesaro, a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) company, has secured priority review designation for its polymerase (PARP) inhibitor ZEJULA (niraparib) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of late stage ovarian cancer.
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