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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

For International Women’s Day, DDW’s Diana Spencer celebrates some of the women in leadership making an impact on the drug discovery and life sciences sector. The life sciences sector has traditionally outperformed others when it comes to attracting women to its workforce. Dr Loubna Bouarfa, Founder and CEO, OKRA.ai

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Italfarmaco’s Duvyzat Wins FDA Approval as First Nonsteroidal Treatment for All Genetic Variants of DMD

XTalks

Italy-based drugmaker Italfarmaco has won US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its oral medication Duvyzat (givinostat) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients six years of age and older. Duvyzat received Priority Review, Orphan Drug and Rare Pediatric Disease designations from the FDA.

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4 Life Science Trends To Pay Attention To in 2021

XTalks

Even more interestingly, now there are drugs that have FDA approval that were conducted by decentralized clinical trials. The burden of clinical trials is on all patient groups and patient segments. Therefore, we should always have a patient-centric focus with study design for clinical development.”

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Biohaven Eyes FDA Approval for Second Migraine Drug Zavegepant After Promising Trial Results

XTalks

Zavegepant has an advantage over the two as it’s the only CGRP receptor antagonist in both intranasal spray and oral pill formulations that is in clinical development for the treatment of acute or episodic migraines.

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Standigm and SK Chemicals Repurpose FDA-approved Drug into Rheumatoid Arthritis Candidate and Apply for Patent through their Open Innovation Partnership

The Pharma Data

As the compound was already approved by the FDA for its original indication, the companies are expecting significant savings in cost and time associated with its pre- or clinical development for the new indication. SK Chemicals is a leading company in the fields of chemistry and life science.

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GSK Canada’s New RSV Vaccine Ad Features Wayne Gretzky, Young and Old

XTalks

GSK hopes to ramp up uptake of its newly minted RSV vaccine, which received approval from Health Canada in August this year after its US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in May. The ad was launched right on the heels of the FDA approval of Arexvy.

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J&J’s Akeega Approved as First Combo Treatment for BRCA-Positive Prostate Cancer

XTalks

Approximately 10 to 15 percent of patients with mCRPC have alterations in the BRCA gene — this subset of patients is likely to have aggressive disease, poor outcomes and a shorter survival time, according to information in a press release from Johnson & Johnson announcing Akeega’s FDA approval.