Accelerated assessment

Stamp of approval
#Accelerated assessment #Ascendis Pharma #FDA #Paediatrics #Rare disease

FDA approves first once-weekly achondroplasia therapy

The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Yuviwel (navepegritide) under its Accelerated Approval Program.  Navepegritide is the only once-weekly treatment indicated to increase linear growth in children one years of age and older with achondroplasia with open epiphyses and the only one to… Read More

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Antibody drug conjugate
#Accelerated assessment #Antibody drug conjugate (ADC) #AstraZeneca #Daiichi Sankyo #FDA #Oncology #Solid tumours

First tumour agnostic HER2 directed ADC gets US approval

Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca’s Enhertu (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2 positive (immunohistochemistry [IHC] 3+) solid tumours. Enhertu has been granted accelerated approval to treat patients who have received prior systemic treatment and… Read More

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Multiple myeloma
#Accelerated assessment #Bispecific Antibodies #FDA #Immunotherapy #Myeloma #Pfizer #Phase II trial

FDA accelerates approval for multiple myeloma immunotherapy

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Pfizer’s Elrexfio (elranatamab-bcmm) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). The drug is approved in patients who have received at least four prior lines of therapy, including a… Read More

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The European Medicines Agency building
#Accelerated assessment #Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use #European Medicines Agency #Rare disease

EMA accelerates assessment of drug for rare disease APDS

A potential new treatment for activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS) has been validated for scientific evaluation under an accelerated assessment by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP).  Pharming’s investigational drug leniolisib, a selective phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ) inhibitor, will be evaluated as a… Read More

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