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AstraZeneca-Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu gets US FDA approval for breast cancer

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According to the trial data, Enhertu lowered disease progression or mortality risk by 50% compared with chemotherapy according to the physician’s choice in HER2-low metastatic breast cancer patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive disease or HR-negative disease. months compared with 5.1 months for the chemotherapy arm.

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Pfizer’s Ngenla Approved as Once-Weekly Treatment for Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD)

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Pfizer has been going strong on the approval front, having secured its fifth US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in the past five weeks, with the most recent being for the company’s once-weekly human growth hormone analog Ngenla (somatrogon-ghla).

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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. The approval of NGENLA will be significant for children with growth hormone deficiency in the U.S. NYSE: PFE) and OPKO Health Inc.

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FDA approves once-weekly Sogroya® for the treatment of children living with growth hormone deficiency

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FDA approves once-weekly Sogroya® for the treatment of children living with growth hormone deficiency Novo Nordisk announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new indication for Sogroya ® (somapacitan-beco) injection 5 mg, 10 mg, or 15 mg for the treatment of children aged 2.5

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Jesduvroq (daprodustat) is FDA Approved for Anemia due to Chronic Kidney Disease

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GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Jesduvroq (daprodustat), a new once-a-day oral treatment for anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD). The approval is currently only for adult patients who have been undergoing dialysis for at least four months.

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FDA Approves

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA -mutated ( BRCA m) metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Patients should be selected for therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for LYNPARZA. In the U.S., For the U.S.

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

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GLP-1 and GIP are hormones involved in blood sugar control and Mounjaro, a first-in-class medicine that activates both GLP-1 and GIP receptors, demonstrated improved blood sugar control. The findings were made via Lilly’s SURPASS phase 3 global clinical development programme, which comprised studies ranging from 40 to 52 weeks.