People who suffer from the inherited disease sickle cell disease have defects in their hemoglobin, the blood molecule that transports vital oxygen throughout the body. But a small percentage of patients with the disease have beneficial gene mutations that lessen their symptoms. The mutations switch on a gene that produces fetal hemoglobin—a type of the blood molecule that the body normally stops producing in infancy. The lifelong production of fetal hemoglobin helps shield those sickle cell patients from the worst effects of the disease.
European regulators have agreed to review Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent for asthma and cemiplimab for advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
Purchase includes Lynnwood, WA Biologics Manufacturing Facility
MARTIN PHARMACEUTICALS RECEIVES FDA ORPHAN DRUG DESIGNATION FOR LIVANTRA™
Eisai Inc. announced that it has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for priority review to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its antiepileptic drug FYCOMPA® (perampanel) CIII as monotherapy and adjunctive use for the treatment of partial-onset seizures (POS) with or without secondarily generalized seizures in pediatric patients (ages 2 to less than 12 years). The submission also proposes a pediatric indication for monotherapy and adjunctive use for primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures (PGTC) in children (ages 2 to less than 12 years) with epilepsy. The sNDA is for both the FYCOMPA tablet and oral suspension formulations.
Last week on-demand healthcare concierge for provider employers Accolade received $50 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, Carrick Capital Partners, Madrona Venture Group, and McKesson Ventures, with participation from Cross Creek Advisors and Madera Technologies.
Feeling emotionally unstable could lead you to rely on your smartphone more, according to new research.
The company, founded just a year ago, is developing novel glutamine antagonists that work as inhibitors of cancer metabolism, choking out tumors and their normal metabolic function.
Palatin Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: PTN), a biopharmaceutical company developing targeted, receptor-specific peptide therapeutics for the treatment of diseases with significant unmet medical needs and commercial potential, announced that its exclusive North American licensee for bremelanotide, AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAG), has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for bremelanotide for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in premenopausal women. If approved, bremelanotide would become the first and only as desired pharmacologic option in the U.S. indicated for the treatment of HSDD in premenopausal women.
Takeda is considering making a bold move for Shire, after announcing, as per UK regulations, that it may make an approach for the company.
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