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Biogen and Eisai seek UK’s marketing authorisation for lecanemab

Pharmaceutical Technology

Biogen and Eisai have submitted a marketing authorisation application (MAA) to the UK’s medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA) for lecanemab to treat early Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The regulator has also designated the therapy for the innovative licensing and access pathway (ILAP).

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Celltrion closes in on COVID-19 antibody market after trial success

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South Korea’s Celltrion has announced encouraging top-line results for its potential antibody therapy for COVID-19, with the first part of a phase 2/3 trial showing it could cut recovery times and chances of progression from moderate to more severe disease. reported with placebo. Feature image courtesy of Rocky Mountain Laboratories/NIH.

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EU regulator endorses Celltrion monoclonal antibody as COVID-19 treatment

BioPharma Reporter

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) concludes that Celltrionâs monoclonal antibody, regdanvimab, can be used in COVID-19 patients not requiring oxygen and at high risk of progressing to severe disease.

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First monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 approved for use in UK

BioPharma Reporter

The UK health regulator has today given approval for the first monoclonal antibody treatment for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in the UK.

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First patient dosed in trial of antibody for kidney disease

Drug Discovery World

The first patient has been dosed in the clinical Phase I evaluation of the Sema3A monoclonal antibody, part of the Evotec-Bayer multi-target research collaboration in kidney diseases. Semaphorin-3A is an extracellular guidance protein and a well-known regulator of the actin cytoskeleton.

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WHO grants emergency use listing to SK bioscience’s SKYCovione

Pharmaceutical Technology

SKYCovione is a self-assembled nanoparticle vaccine and the 12th Covid-19 vaccine to receive a EUL from the regulator. In a Phase III clinical trial, SKYCovione showed neutralising antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 parental strain.

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GSK will pull Blenrep from US market after failed trial

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GSK confirmed this morning that the disappointing readout from the DREAMM-3 trial of multiple myeloma therapy Blenrep reported earlier this month means that it will take the drug off the US market. Sales have been modest to date – just £36 million in the third quarter – despite it being the first drug targeting BCMA to reach the market.

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