ImmunoGen has secured breakthrough therapy status from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its IMGN632 to treat patients with relapsed or refractory blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN).
Bristol Myers Squibb announced that Opdivo (nivolumab) 360 mg every three weeks plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) 1 mg/kg every six weeks (injections for intravenous use) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).
AstraZeneca has secured breakthrough therapy designation (BTD) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Farxiga (dapagliflozin) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, with and without type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Baylx, a clinical-stage stem cell biopharmaceutical company focused on developing living stem cell products to address unmet medical needs, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Baylx's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for BX-U001, a fresh, non-frozen human umbilical cord tissue mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSC) product in patients with COVID-19.
Infinity Pharmaceuticals announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for eganelisib (IPI-549) in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor and chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), in the first-line setting. Infinity is currently enrolling patients in MARIO-3, the Company’s ongoing Phase 2 study in collaboration with Roche/Genentech to evaluate eganelisib in a novel triple combination front-line regimen with Tecentriq and Abraxane in TNBC.
AVROBIO, a leading clinical-stage gene therapy company with a mission to free people from a lifetime of genetic disease, announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted orphan drug designation for AVR-RD-02, the company’s investigational gene therapy for the treatment of Gaucher disease.
Pfizer has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Xeljanz (tofacitinib) to treat children and adolescents two years and older with active polyarticular course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pcJIA).
Gilead Sciences and Galapagos announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for Jyseleca (filgotinib 200 mg and 100 mg tablets), a once-daily, oral, JAK1 inhibitor for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have responded inadequately to, or are intolerant to, one or more disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Jyseleca may be used as monotherapy or in combination with methotrexate (MTX).
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Nucala (mepolizumab) for the treatment of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), a rare and under-diagnosed disorder.
Anokion SA, a Swiss biotechnology company focused on treating autoimmune disease by restoring normal immune tolerance, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its investigational new drug (IND) application for ANK-700, an antigen-specific drug candidate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).
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