Category Regulatory

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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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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