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Tzield Gets FDA Nod to Become First Approved Drug to Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes

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Provention Bio’s Tzield (teplizumab) has won US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to delay the onset of stage 3 type 1 diabetes in adults and pediatric patients eight years of age and older who have stage 2 type 1 diabetes. In the US, it is estimated that 1.45 million people are currently living with type 1 diabetes.

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Company Spotlight: Cue Biopharma Innovates in the Immunotherapy Space with its Immuno-STAT Platform

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Immune system modulators (i.e. receptors) of the immune system to enhance, or suppress immune responses. Cell-based immune therapies, including CAR-T cell therapy, have had some marked success, particularly in hematological cancers such as acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Nature by Design.

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Surrogate Endpoints: How to Choose the Best One for Your Rare Disease Trial

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Acromegaly Surrogate Endpoint: Serum growth hormone and serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) are acceptable surrogate endpoints for acromegaly clinical trials involving somatostatin analogs such as octreotide, lanreotide and pasireotide. Nizoral is prescribed off-label, while the others are FDA approved.

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