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

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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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Acute lymphocytic leukaemia leads in cell therapy clinical development

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The success of chimeric antigen receptor T-cells (CAR-T) in blood cancers has led to the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of six products with a pipeline of cell therapies that numbers in the thousands. The total market for cell therapies in oncology is projected to exceed $37bn worldwide by 2028.

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Lilly’s new drug Mounjaro (tirzepatide ) wins US FDA approval

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The findings were made via Lilly’s SURPASS phase 3 global clinical development programme, which comprised studies ranging from 40 to 52 weeks. These examined Mounjaro in 5mg, 10mg and 15 mg doses in five clinical trials, used either as a stand-alone therapy or as an add-on to other diabetes medicines.

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Three trends in the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) market 

Drug Discovery World

According to NCBI, most of the ADCs developed so far are for use in the treatment of cancer, but there is plenty of potential for using ADCs to treat other diseases 1. A Nature publication confirmed that there are currently 12 FDA-approved ADCs on the market, and nine of these secured FDA approval in the past six years 2.

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FDA Approves Pfizer’s NGENLA™, a Long-Acting Once-Weekly Treatment for Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency

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FDA Approves Pfizer’s NGENLA™, a Long-Acting Once-Weekly Treatment for Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency NEW YORK & MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pfizer Inc. NGENLA is approved for the treatment of pediatric GHD in more than 40 markets including Canada, Australia, Japan, and EU Member States.

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

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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. In the third quarter of 2021, Nurtec sales totalled $136 million , a 46 percent jump from the previous quarter.

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Roche inks $3B deal; Owlstone raises $58M; FDA approves OCS heart system; Google, Mayo Clinic build brain-mapping AI algorithm

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For each component, Adaptimmune has agreed to supervise clinical candidates development by using its induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derived allogeneic platform for production of T-cells (iT cells). The latest fundraising gets the total amount raised by Owlstone Medical from the market to more than USD 150 Million.