Regulation

14 Dec 2020
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- Drug Filing
Merck gets positive CHMP opinion for Keytruda as first-line treatment for dMMR colorectal cancer

By PBR Staff Writer

Merck (known as MSD outside the US and Canada) announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with metastatic microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancer.
14 Dec 2020
Regulation
Approvals
Pfizer and BioNTech celebrate historic first authorisation in US of vaccine to prevent Covid-19

By PBR Staff Writer

Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of the mRNA vaccine, BNT162b2, against COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age or older.
11 Dec 2020
Regulation
Drug Filing
European CHMP adopts positive opinion for Dynavax’s HEPLISAV-B vaccine for Hepatitis B

By PBR Staff Writer

Dynavax Technologies announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion on the company's Marketing Authorization Application, recommending the granting of marketing authorization for HEPLISAV-B [Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant), Adjuvanted] for the active immunization against hepatitis B virus infection (HBV) caused by all known subtypes of hepatitis B virus in adults 18 years of age and older.
10 Dec 2020
Regulation
Approvals
Canada approves Pfizer and BioNTech’s BNT162b2 vaccine for Covid-19

By PBR Staff Writer

Canada has approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 for the prevention of Covid-19.
09 Dec 2020
Regulation
Approvals
Amgen’s sotorasib gets FDA breakthrough therapy status to treat advanced KRAS G12C-mutant NSCLC

By PBR Staff Writer

Amgen has secured a breakthrough therapy designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its sotorasib to treat patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with KRAS G12C mutation.
04 Dec 2020
Regulation
Approvals
Neurogene announces EMA grants orphan drug designation for aspartylglucosaminuria gene therapy

By PBR Staff Writer

Neurogene, a company founded to bring life-changing genetic medicines to patients and families affected by rare neurological diseases, announces that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to its adeno-associated virus vector (AAV) with engineered transgene encoding the human AGA gene for patients diagnosed with aspartylglucosaminuria.
03 Dec 2020
Regulation
Approvals
Roche gets FDA approval of Gavreto in advanced or metastatic RET-mutant and RET fusion-positive thyroid cancers

By PBR Staff Writer

Roche announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gavreto (pralsetinib) for the treatment of adult and paediatric patients 12 years of age and older with advanced or metastatic rearranged during transfection (RET)-mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) who require systemic therapy, or with advanced or metastatic RET fusion-positive thyroid cancer who require systemic therapy and who are radioactive iodine-refractory (if radioactive iodine is appropriate).
03 Dec 2020
Regulation
Approvals
UK regulator grants EUA status for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine

By PBR Staff Writer

Pfizer and BioNTech have secured temporary emergency use authorisation (EUA) from the UK’s Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for their Covid-19 mRNA vaccine called BNT162b2.
01 Dec 2020
Regulation
Approvals
Zymeworks gets FDA breakthrough therapy status for HER2-targeted bispecific antibody zanidatamab in patients with BTC

By PBR Staff Writer

Zymeworks, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multifunctional biotherapeutics, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for zanidatamab in patients with previously-treated HER2 gene-amplified biliary tract cancer (BTC).
01 Dec 2020
Regulation
Drug Filing
Moderna seeks FDA EUA for Covid-19 vaccine candidate

By PBR Staff Writer

Moderna announced that it is seeking an emergency use authorisation (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Covid-19 mRNA vaccine candidate.

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AM-Pharma enrols first patients in Covid-19 phase III trial

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Regulation

Merck gets positive CHMP opinion for Keytruda as first-line treatment for dMMR colorectal cancer

Pfizer and BioNTech celebrate historic first authorisation in US of vaccine to prevent Covid-19

European CHMP adopts positive opinion for Dynavax’s HEPLISAV-B vaccine for Hepatitis B

Canada approves Pfizer and BioNTech’s BNT162b2 vaccine for Covid-19

Amgen’s sotorasib gets FDA breakthrough therapy status to treat advanced KRAS G12C-mutant NSCLC

Neurogene announces EMA grants orphan drug designation for aspartylglucosaminuria gene therapy

Roche gets FDA approval of Gavreto in advanced or metastatic RET-mutant and RET fusion-positive thyroid cancers

UK regulator grants EUA status for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine

Zymeworks gets FDA breakthrough therapy status for HER2-targeted bispecific antibody zanidatamab in patients with BTC

Moderna seeks FDA EUA for Covid-19 vaccine candidate

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