FDA Updates Articles
Amgen’s UPLIZNA has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first and only treatment for adults living with Immunoglobulin G4-related disease.
GSK’s Penmenvy (meningococcal groups A, B, C, W and Y vaccine) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in individuals aged 10 through 25 years.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded its approval of Dupixent to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Checkpoint Therapeutics’ UNLOXCYT (cosibelimab-ipdl) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma or locally advanced cSCC who are not candidates for curative surgery or curative radiation.
Johnson & Johnson’s anti-FcRn antibody nipocalimab is the first investigational therapy to be granted breakthrough therapy designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for adults with moderate-to-severe Sjögren’s disease.
FDA has approved and granted emergency use authorization for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (2024-2025 formula) to include a monovalent (single) component that corresponds to the Omicron variant KP.2 strain of SARSCoV-2.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first needle-free alternative to the EpiPen.
FDA has approved Octapharma USA's Fibryga (fibrinogen [human] lyophilized powder for reconstitution) for fibrinogen replacement in bleeding patients with acquired fibrinogen deficiency.
FDA has published new draft guidance on informed consent that lines up with revisions to the Common Rule made in 2017, offering up-to-date recommendations on starting the process with the sharing of essential clinical trial information in ways that patients can understand.
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 has granted breakthrough device designation to Revita System (Fractyl Health Inc.) for the maintenance of weight loss after discontinuation of glucagon-like peptide-1 medications.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test to screen for colorectal cancer in individuals aged 45 and older with an “average risk” of colon cancer.
