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US FDA approves Eisai-Biogen’s antibody for Alzheimer’s

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Leqembi is indicated to treat mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia stage of the disease in patients whose treatment started in clinical trials. The regulatory approval is based on the data obtained from the Phase II trial. Leqembi met the primary endpoint and all the critical secondary endpoints in the Clarity AD trial.

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

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The approval was based on findings from the international, randomised, open-label Phase III DESTINY-Breast04 clinical trial. Furthermore, Enhertu’s safety profile was in line with prior clinical trials without any new safety concerns detected. Enhertu-treated subjects had a median overall survival (OS) of 23.4

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

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Related: Novartis’ Fabhalta Gets FDA Approval for Rare Complement Blood Disorder The FDA’s green light for Voydeya comes three months after the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (JHLW) became the first regulator in the world to back the therapy. AstraZeneca is also venturing into cell therapy and genetic medicine.

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MediWound’s NexoBrid is FDA Approved for the Treatment of Severe Thermal Burns

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MediWound, a biopharmaceutical company focused on biotherapeutic solutions for tissue repair and regeneration, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved their orphan biological product NexoBrid (anacaulase-bcdb) for the removal of eschar in adults with deep partial-thickness and/or full-thickness thermal burns.

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Cyfendus Anthrax Vaccine Wins FDA Approval

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Efficacy of Cyfendus The FDA approval of the Cyfendus anthrax vaccine is grounded in a series of studies supported by the US government and carried out by Emergent. Additionally, 533 participants received at least one dose of the comparator-licensed anthrax vaccine, BioThrax (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed). Overall, 66.3

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Lantheus on POINT in radio-oncology with $2bn licensing deal

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Lantheus’ pipeline-building drive in radiopharma has continued with a $260 million upfront deal to license rights to two oncology candidates from POINT Biopharma. billion in milestone payments to POINT if the two radiotherapeutics get FDA approval and meet commercial objectives, plus royalties on net sales.

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Rigel’s Rezlidhia (olutasidenib) Gets FDA Approval for Relapsed or Refractory AML

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Rigel Pharmaceuticals’ isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 mutant (mIDH1) targeting small molecule inhibitor Rezlidhia (olutasidenib) has won US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The median time to complete remission was 1.9 billion deal.