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Biocon Biologics has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for YESINTEK, a monoclonal antibody for the treatment of autoimmune conditions, including Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Y
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Hympavzi (marstacimab-hncq) for routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older with hemophilia A without factor VIII inhibitors or hemophilia B without factor IX inhibitors (neutralizing antibodies).
FDA has approved Octapharma USA's Fibryga (fibrinogen [human] lyophilized powder for reconstitution) for fibrinogen replacement in bleeding patients with acquired fibrinogen deficiency.
A meta-analysis and systematic review compared the efficacy of corticosteroids (CS) alone against CS combined with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) or CS combined with plasmapheresis (PP) in patients with steroid-resistant optic neuritis.
In a Phase III, double-blind, three-way crossover trial, sebetralstat given on-demand for treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks was shown to result in faster times to the start of symptom relief, reduction in attack severity and complete attack resolution than placebo treatment.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval to Travere Therapeutics’ Filspari (sparsentan) to slow kidney function decline in adults with primary IgA nephropathy.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expanded label for Grifols’ XEMBIFY (20% subcutaneous immune globulin [SCIG]) to include treatment-naïve patients with primary humoral immunodeficiencies (PI).
Sun Pharma’s LEQSELVI (deuruxolitinib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat severe alopecia areata in adults.
Samsung Bioepis’ biologics license application for Epysqli (eculizumab-aagh) as a biosimilar to Soliris (eculizumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) to reduce hemolysis and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) to inhibit complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy.
Panafina Inc.’s investigational new drug, RABI-767, has been granted fast track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat patients with acute pancreatitis predicted to progress to severe disease.
CSL Behring’s ZEMAIRA (alpha1- proteinase inhibitor [human]) is now available in 4 gram and 5 gram vials.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two treatments, Casgevy and Lyfgenia, representing the first cell-based gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients 12 years and older.