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US FDA approves Reata Pharmaceuticals’ SKYCLARYS for Friedreich’s ataxia

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Reata Pharmaceuticals ’ oral, once-daily medication SKYCLARYS (omaveloxolone) to treat Friedreich’s ataxia patients. SKYCLARYS is the first approved treatment in Friedrich’s Ataxia and marks a milestone for drug development in this complex disease.

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AstraZeneca wins first FDA approval for systemic lupus drug in a decade

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The regulator cleared Saphnelo despite mixed clinical trial data, giving patients another option after the recent OK for a drug aimed at the autoimmune disease's severe side effects.

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US FDA approves Pfizer’s migraine nasal spray Zavzpret

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Pfizer ’s Zavzpret (zavegepant) for the acute treatment of migraine in adult patients with or without aura. Zavzpret is claimed to be the first and only calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist nasal spray approved to treat migraine.

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Seres and Nestlé Health receive FDA approval for Vowst microbiome therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

Seres Therapeutics and Nestlé Health Science have received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Vowst (faecal microbiota spores, live-brpk) for preventing the recurrence of C difficile infection (CDI) in adults. It is not indicated to treat CDI.

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Otsuka and Lundbeck’s sNDA for Rexulti gains US FDA approval

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Otsuka Pharmaceutical and H Lundbeck have received approval for the supplemental new drug application (sNDA) from the US Food and Drug Administration for Rexulti (brexpiprazole) to treat agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease.

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AstraZeneca’s Voydeya Scores FDA Approval, Adding to Company’s Multi-Billion Dollar PNH Franchise

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the nod to AstraZeneca’s Voydeya (danicopan) as an add-on therapy to the company’s standard-of-care C5 inhibitors Ultomiris (ravulizumab) or Soliris (eculizumab) for the treatment of extravascular hemolysis (EVH) in adults with the rare blood disease paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).

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AGEPHA Pharma’s LODOCO gets US FDA approval for cardiovascular disease

Pharmaceutical Technology

AGEPHA Pharma has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for LODOCO (colchicine, 0.5 It is claimed to be the first anti-inflammatory atheroprotective cardiovascular treatment to receive approval from the regulator. mg tablet) to treat cardiovascular disease.