Category Regulatory

FDA Approves NGS-Based Companion Diagnostic for First Targeted Therapy in Patients with Grade 2 IDH-Mutant Glioma

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Ion Torrent™ Oncomine™ Dx Target Test as a companion diagnostic (CDx) to identify patients eligible for treatment with Servier Pharmaceuticals,…

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FDA Grants Priority Review for Gepotidacin to Treat Uncomplicated UTIs in Women and Adolescents

GSK’s Gepotidacin Accepted for FDA Priority Review to Treat Uncomplicated UTIs GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its New Drug Application (NDA) for gepotidacin, a first-in-class oral antibiotic with a…

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FDA Clears SPECTRALIS Flex Module, Enhancing Advanced Ophthalmic Imaging for Underserved Patients

Heidelberg Engineering, a leading provider of ophthalmic imaging and healthcare data solutions, has announced that the FDA has granted clearance for its SPECTRALIS® Flex Module. This advanced, multimodal imaging platform is specifically designed to perform diagnostic imaging of the posterior…

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Biogen’s Felzartamab Gains FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Kidney Transplant Rejection

Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) – Biogen announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) to felzartamab, an investigational anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody. This designation is for the treatment of late antibody-mediated rejection (AMR)…

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FDA Approves Roche’s Itovebi for Advanced Breast Cancer with PIK3CA Mutation

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Itovebi™ (inavolisib) for use in combination with palbociclib (Ibrance®) and fulvestrant to treat adults with PIK3CA-mutated, hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor…

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FDA Approves Neoadjuvant Opdivo and Chemotherapy for Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Opdivo® (nivolumab) for adult patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) characterized by tumors measuring 4 cm or larger or node-positive cases, provided…

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FDA Grants Approval to Fresenius Kabi and Formycon for Biosimilar Otulfi (ustekinumab-aauz)

Fresenius Kabi, a subsidiary of Fresenius specializing in biopharmaceuticals, clinical nutrition, medical technologies, and I.V. generic drugs for critical and chronic conditions, along with Formycon AG, a leading developer of high-quality biosimilars, announced the approval of Otulfi™ (ustekinumab-aauz) by the…

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