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CHMP backs J&Jā€™s myeloma bispecific Tecvayli, ahead of US decision

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The EMA’s human medicines committee has recommended approval of Johnson & Johnson’s Tecvayli as a fourth-line therapy for multiple myeloma , joining a growing group of BCMA-targeted therapies for the blood cancer.

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J&J gets first approval for multiple myeloma bispecific Tecvayli

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Johnson & Johnson has its first worldwide regulatory approval ā€“ in the EU ā€“ for Tecvayli, one of two much-anticipated bispecific antibodies the drugmaker has developed for patients with multiple myeloma. Tecvayli previously scored a priority medicines (PRiME) designation from the EMA and a breakthrough-therapy tag from the FDA.

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Immunocoreā€™s Kimmtrak Gets FDA Approval as First Treatment for Rare Eye Cancer and First T Cell Receptor Therapeutic

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Kimmtrak has also become the first bispecific T cell engager to be FDA-approved for the treatment of a solid tumor. As such, unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma usually has a poor prognosis and until the approval of Kimmtrak, there was no approved treatment. The median treatment time is about 23 weeks (or 5.3

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Drug-resistant epilepsy drug Ontozry backed by NICE

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“We look forward to the full technology appraisal guidance (TAG) which is due to be published in early December 2021,” he added. Cenobamate was originally developed by South Korean biotech SK Biopharmaceuticals, and was approved as Xcopri in the US in 2019. The drug made almost $17 million in US sales in the third quarter.

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Gene Silencing Porphyria Treatment, Givlaari, Finally Wins Over Englandā€™s NICE Amid Stellar Long-Term Data

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This latest data may have finally won over NICE to reverse its decision and grant approval to the drug. Givlaari was approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in March 2020 and by the US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) in 2019.

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New Rare Disease Drugs and Research Advancements

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a number of new rare disease drugs in recent years, including gene therapies. In 2020, 31 out of 53 novel drug approvals were for rare or orphan diseasesā€‹ā€‹. Both therapies were awarded their approvals on the same day in December 2023.

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CHMP backs J&Jā€™s myeloma CAR-T therapy Carvykti

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Johnson & Johnson is in course for approval of its multiple myeloma CAR-T therapy Carvykti in the EU the next few weeks, after getting a green light from the EMA’s human medicines committee. In the US, Abecma has a list price of around $420,00, while J&J has set its therapy a little higher at $465,000.