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FDA approves new ALS medicine in precedent-setting decision

Bio Pharma Dive

Biogen’s drug failed the key study meant to show it can slow the nerve-destroying disease, but the drug’s effect on a protein of interest led the FDA to conditionally clear it for market.

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GPCR-targeting drugs: A renewed focus on a ubiquitous group of proteins

Bio Pharma Dive

As many as a third of FDA-approved drugs target GPCRs in some fashion, with uses ranging from treating cancer to pain. But biotech startups say there is still room to develop more.

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FDA approves Sanofi’s long-lasting hemophilia drug

Bio Pharma Dive

Sanofi and its development partner, Sobi, claim the drug’s once-a-week dosing, and its effect on blood-clotting protein levels, will help it compete in the crowded market for hemophilia A treatments.

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FDA approves bispecific drug from Pfizer for multiple myeloma

Bio Pharma Dive

Elrexfio is the third bispecific antibody cleared to treat the blood cancer, and will compete with other therapies that target the “BCMA” protein on myeloma cells.

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Wainua (Eplontersen) Now FDA-Approved for Rare Disease ATTRv-PN

XTalks

Wainua is the only FDA-approved drug for the treatment of ATTRv-PN that can be self-administered via an auto-injector. Approval of Wainua represents a meaningful advancement in treatment, one that gives those who are living with transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy help managing the disease,” said Michael J.

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

XTalks

The RBCs in circulation are marked by proteins in the complement system for removal by the spleen and liver. Voydeya’s FDA approval was based on positive results from the pivotal ALPHA Phase III trial. And Alexion had acquired danicopan through its 2019 purchase of Achillion Pharmaceuticals for almost $1 billion.

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Sanofi’s Altuviiio receives FDA approval to treat haemophilia A

Pharmaceutical Technology

Sanofi has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Altuviiio [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant) , Fc-VWF-XTEN Fusion Protein-ehtl], to treat a type of inherited bleeding disorder known as haemophilia A. means annualised bleeding rate (ABR) and 0.0 median ABR.