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US FDA approves Eisai-Biogen’s antibody for Alzheimer’s

Pharmaceutical Technology

Eisai and Biogen have received approval for their antibody Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) , 100mg/mL injection for intravenous use, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Accelerated Approval Pathway to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

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FDA approves Amgen drug for tough-to-treat form of lung cancer

Bio Pharma Dive

Imdelltra, a bispecific antibody targeting a protein called DLL3, is cleared for use following chemotherapy in treating extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

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Daiichi Sankyo, with new data, to seek FDA approval of lung cancer drug

Bio Pharma Dive

The HER3-targeting treatment could become the next antibody-drug conjugate to emerge from Daiichi Sankyo’s laboratories, after the AstraZeneca-partnered Enhertu.

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FDA approves Regeneron antibody drug as first Ebola virus treatment

Bio Pharma Dive

Research for the drug, now cleared as Inmazeb, helped Regeneron jumpstart its fast development of an antibody therapy for COVID-19.

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AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo Win First Tumor-Agnostic HER2 FDA Approval for Enhertu

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AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s antibody-drug conjugate Enhertu is the first FDA-approved tumor-agnostic HER2-targeted therapy authorized for the treatment of solid tumors in adults who have undergone prior systemic treatment.

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Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca’s lung cancer antibody set for FDA review

Pharmaceutical Technology

An FDA approval in late 2024 would make it the first TROP2-directed therapy for NSCLC antibody drug conjugate patients.

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FDA approves bispecific drug from Pfizer for multiple myeloma

Bio Pharma Dive

Elrexfio is the third bispecific antibody cleared to treat the blood cancer, and will compete with other therapies that target the “BCMA” protein on myeloma cells.