Medicines Articles
Celltrion’s Avtozma (tocilizumab-anoh), a biosimilar to Actemra (tocilizumab), in both intravenous and subcutaneous formulations, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Vertex Pharmaceutical’s Journavx (suzetrigine), a new type of prescription pain medication for adults to treat moderate to severe acute pain.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of Eli Lilly & Co.’s Zepbound for adults with obesity and moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, a common condition where a person struggles to breathe properly during sleep.
Celltrion has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its autoimmune disease treatment drug Steqeyma, a biosimilar of Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara (ustekinumab).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for its lead clinical-stage program, IMM-1-104, as a treatment for patients with unresectable or metastatic NRAS-mutant melanoma who have progressed on or are intolerant to PD-1/PD-L1-based immune checkpoint inhibitors.
FDA identified cases of serious liver injury among patients being treated for primary biliary cholangitis with Ocaliva who did not have cirrhosis of the liver.
Results of a trial of GSK’s experimental cancer drug Blenrep showed that the drug used in combination with other treatments reduced the risk of death by 42 percent in multiple myeloma, at or after first relapse, compared to an existing treatment.
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) has approved ABRYSVO (respiratory syncytial virus vaccine [RSV]), a bivalent RSV prefusion F (RSVpreF) vaccine, for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by RSV in individuals 18 through 59 years of age who are at increased risk for LRTD caused by RSV.
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.
