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FDA approves Covid-19 mAb for emergency use in immunocompromised

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It is approved in adults and adolescents (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40kg) who are moderate-to-severely immune compromised due to certain medical conditions or receipt of certain immunosuppressive medications or treatments and are unlikely to mount an adequate immune response to Covid-19 vaccination.

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Merck’s Next-Generation Pneumonia Vaccine Gets FDA Approval

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Merck has scored US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its next-generation pneumonia vaccine Vaxneuvance that covers 15 different strains of the pneumococcal bacteria that causes the infection. This is why Pfizer’s Prevnar 13 has dominated the pneumonia vaccine space for more than a decade.

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Talvey Becomes J&J’s Second Multiple Myeloma Bispecific to Score FDA Approval

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The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced that its bispecific antibody Talvey (talquetamab-tgvs) received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval as a fifth-line treatment for adult patients with heavily pretreated multiple myeloma.

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Pfizer, BioNTech file for FDA approval of COVID booster shot

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Pfizer and BioNTech have formally asked for FDA approval of a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 in people aged over 16, as the US prepares to get its booster campaign underway. The post Pfizer, BioNTech file for FDA approval of COVID booster shot appeared first on.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves a Genentech blood-cancer drug; Sean Parker expands his immunotherapy research empire

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In a clinical trial, 60% of patients with follicular lymphoma treated with Lunsumio achieved a complete response. The most common side effect was an overactive immune response called cytokine release syndrome, reported by 39% of patients. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Amtagvi (Lifileucel) Scores Landmark Win as First FDA-Approved T-Cell Therapy for a Solid Tumor

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Iovance Biotherapeutics’ Amtagvi (lifileucel) won US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval last week for the treatment of advanced melanoma, making it the first individualized tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy and the first T-cell therapy for a solid tumor to win US regulatory approval.

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Amgen’s Tarlatamab Gets FDA Priority Review for Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Tarlatamab is an investigational drug currently undergoing clinical trials to assess its efficacy in patients with two distinct types of neuroendocrine cancer: SCLC and neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC). Results demonstrated significant antitumor activity, durable objective responses and encouraging survival rates in these patients.