The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Hepion Pharmaceuticals’ investigational new drug (IND) application for its CRV431, a novel cyclophilin inhibitor, to treat Covid-19.
Pfizer and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted a conditional marketing authorization (CMA) to Pfizer and BioNTech for COMIRNATY® (also known as BNT162b2), for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, in individuals 16 years of age and older.
Moderna’s mRNA-1273 vaccine has been granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention of Covid-19.
Moderna, a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, confirmed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) recommended that the FDA grant an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273. 20 VRBPAC members recommended for EUA, 0 members voted against, and 1 abstained.
Merck announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted and granted priority review for a new supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with platinum and fluoropyrimidine based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic carcinoma of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ).
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Benlysta (belimumab) to treat adult patients with active lupus nephritis (LN) who are securing standard therapy.
Xentria, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel biologics and biosimilars to address unmet clinical needs, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for its intravenous TNF-α inhibitor, XTMAB-16, for the treatment of sarcoidosis.
Acceleron Pharma has secured orphan designation from the European Commission (EC) for its sotatercept to treat patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Novartis has secured approval from the European Commission (EC) for its Leqvio (inclisiran) to treat adults with hypercholesterolemia or mixed dyslipidemia.
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.
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