Category Regulatory

Japan Approves Alecensa for Adjuvant Treatment of ALK-Positive Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 4519) has announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Alecensa® (generic name: alectinib) for the additional indication of “adjuvant therapy for ALK fusion gene-positive non-small cell lung cancer” in Japan.…

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Invenra’s INV724 Gets FDA Rare Pediatric Disease and Orphan Drug Designations for Neuroblastoma

Invenra Inc. is excited to announce that its cutting-edge bispecific antibody, INV724, designed for neuroblastoma treatment, has received both Rare Pediatric Disease (RPDD) and Orphan Drug (ODD) Designations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These designations offer significant…

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GSK’s B7-H3 Antibody-Drug Conjugate Receives FDA Breakthrough Designation for Small-Cell Lung Cancer

GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to GSK5764227 (GSK’227), an investigational B7-H3-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) being studied for the treatment of patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer…

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Bristol Myers Squibb’s sBLA Accepted by FDA for First-Line Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Opdivo® (nivolumab) in combination with Yervoy® (ipilimumab) as a potential first-line treatment for adults with unresectable…

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Medea Inc. Teams Up with CalOptima Health to Distribute 100,000 Naloxone Units to Southern California Harm Reduction Groups

Medea Inc., a leading medical products and pharmaceutical distribution company, is at the forefront of a major initiative to tackle the opioid crisis. The company is partnering with CalOptima Health to distribute 100,000 units of naloxone nasal spray to harm…

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Incyte Announces Positive Topline Results from Pivotal Study of Tafasitamab (Monjuvi®) in Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

Incyte (Nasdaq: INCY) today reported positive results from the pivotal Phase 3 inMIND study, which evaluated the efficacy and safety of tafasitamab (Monjuvi®), a humanized Fc-modified cytolytic CD19-targeted monoclonal antibody, in combination with lenalidomide and rituximab, versus placebo combined with…

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Takeda Gets EC Approval for ADZYNMA®: First Recombinant ADAMTS13 Therapy for cTTP

Today, the European Commission (EC) approved ADZYNMA®▼ (recombinant ADAMTS13) for treating ADAMTS13 deficiency in both children and adults with congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (cTTP). ADZYNMA is now the first and only enzyme replacement therapy in the European Union (EU) specifically…

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Novartis Wins FDA Approval for Fabhalta®, First Complement Inhibitor for IgAN

Novartis announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for Fabhalta® (iptacopan), a first-in-class complement inhibitor designed to reduce proteinuria in adults with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) at risk of rapid disease progression. This…

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Alzamend Neuro and Mass General Launch Phase II Trial of AL001 for Alzheimer’s

Alzamend Neuro, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, announced its partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General) to conduct a Phase II clinical trial of…

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