Category Regulatory

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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Tagrisso Receives U.S. Approval for Unresectable Stage III EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancer Patients

AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso (osimertinib) has received U.S. approval for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable, Stage III epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated (EGFRm) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), whose disease has not progressed during or after concurrent or sequential platinum-based chemoradiation…

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Takeda Gets Approval for FRUZAQLA in Japan for Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE) has announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved the manufacture and marketing of FRUZAQLA Capsules (1mg/5mg), containing fruquintinib, a selective oral inhibitor targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR) -1, -2, and -3.…

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Lilly’s Kisunla (donanemab-azbt) Receives Approval in Japan for Treating Early Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan has approved Kisunla™ (donanemab-azbt, 350 mg/20 mL injection for IV infusion every four weeks), Eli Lilly and Company’s (NYSE: LLY) treatment for early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This includes patients with…

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Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Seeks Clearance for Phase 1/2a Study of ARO-INHBE in Obesity Treatment

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) has announced that it has filed for regulatory approval to launch a Phase 1/2a clinical trial for ARO-INHBE, its investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic aimed at treating obesity. The company also plans to seek regulatory…

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