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FDA approves Covid-19 mAb for emergency use in immunocompromised

Drug Discovery World

It is approved in adults and adolescents (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40kg) who are moderate-to-severely immune compromised due to certain medical conditions or receipt of certain immunosuppressive medications or treatments and are unlikely to mount an adequate immune response to Covid-19 vaccination.

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Amgen’s Tarlatamab Gets FDA Priority Review for Small Cell Lung Cancer

XTalks

Tarlatamab is an investigational drug currently undergoing clinical trials to assess its efficacy in patients with two distinct types of neuroendocrine cancer: SCLC and neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC). The 10-mg dose demonstrated an objective response in 40 percent of patients, with a median overall survival of 14.3

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Merck’s Next-Generation Pneumonia Vaccine Gets FDA Approval

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Merck has scored US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its next-generation pneumonia vaccine Vaxneuvance that covers 15 different strains of the pneumococcal bacteria that causes the infection. This is why Pfizer’s Prevnar 13 has dominated the pneumonia vaccine space for more than a decade.

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Potentially ‘regenerative’ osteoarthritis drug moves to clinical trial

Drug Discovery World

This year, the team will launch a combined Phase I and IIa trial of R805/CX-011 for the treatment of osteoarthritis in patients in collaboration with the start-up Carthronix. They think the drug has the potential to delay or even reduce the need for joint replacement surgery, the only existing FDA-approved therapy for osteoarthritis.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves a Genentech blood-cancer drug; Sean Parker expands his immunotherapy research empire

STAT News

In a clinical trial, 60% of patients with follicular lymphoma treated with Lunsumio achieved a complete response. The most common side effect was an overactive immune response called cytokine release syndrome, reported by 39% of patients. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Gene Therapy Clinical Trials for Rare Diseases: 5 Key Takeaways from FDA’s Recent Town Hall

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The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies (OTAT) held a recent town hall where three experts from the regulator provided guidance on how to design and conduct gene therapy clinical trials for rare diseases.

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US FDA grants approval for AstraZeneca’s combination liver cancer therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

Based on positive data from the open-label, international, randomised, multicentre Phase III HIMALAYA clinical trial, the regulatory agency granted the approval. This regimen comprises a 300mg dose of Imjudo plus 1,500mg Imfinzi, with subsequent doses of Imfinzi administered every four weeks.