Category Regulatory

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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FDA Approves KarXT, a PureTech-Invented Treatment for Schizophrenia in Adults

PureTech Health plc (Nasdaq: PRTC, LSE: PRTC), a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company committed to improving the lives of patients with serious diseases, announced today that KarXT (a combination of xanomeline and trospium chloride), initially developed by PureTech, has received FDA approval…

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GE HealthCare Gets FDA Approval for Flyrcado PET Radiotracer to Improve Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis

GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Flyrcado™ (flurpiridaz F 18) injection, marking a significant advancement in positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD). Designed for…

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Dupixent (dupilumab) Becomes the First Biologic Treatment Approved in the U.S. for COPD Patients

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Sanofi have announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dupixent® (dupilumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment for adults with inadequately controlled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with an eosinophilic phenotype.…

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