The FDA approved angiotensin-II (Giapreza) as a new intravenous vasopressor for septic shock and other forms of distributive shock. The first new FDA-approved vasopressor in decades, angiotensin-II could significantly change the management of severe septic shock.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new guidelines related to the 3D printing of medical devices. FDA is now preparing for a significant wave of new technologies that are nearly certain to transform medical practice.
Irish biotechnology firm Shire has received 510(k) marketing clearance for its myPKFiT for ADVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant)] software from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Janssen Biotech, Inc. (Janssen) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Priority Review designation for the New Drug Application (NDA) for apalutamide, an investigational, next-generation oral androgen receptor (AR) inhibitor for the treatment of men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Currently, there are no FDA-approved treatments for patients with non-metastatic CRPC.
A new drug developed by Merck & Co and Pfizer Inc won U.S. approval on Wednesday to treat type II diabetes, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) said, adding another competitor to a growing class of treatments.
XELJANZ/XELJANZ XR, THE FIRST ORAL JAK INHIBITOR IN THE U.S. FOR ADULTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, IS NOW APPROVED FOR ADULTS WITH ACTIVE PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS
Spark Therapeutics $ONCE has scored an historic FDA approval of Luxturna, the world’s first such AAV-delivered gene therapy designed to cure a rare eye disease triggered by a genetic mutation. The drug is OK’d for RPE65 mutation linked retinal dystrophy. The treatment uses a viral vector to insert the correct copy of a gene retinal cells need to create a protein that turns light into electric signals which can restore vision lost to the disease. As with the earlier pioneering approval of the world’s first CAR-T, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb did the honors in recognizing the importance of this approval. And he says the agency will make sure that the regulatory path is straight and clear for the rest of the field looking to following Spark’s footsteps. “We’re at a turning point when it comes to this novel form of therapy and at the FDA, we’re focused on establishing ...
AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for the use of TAGRISSO® (osimertinib), a third-generation, irreversible epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) with clinical activity against central nervous system (CNS) metastases, in the 1st-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have EGFR mutations (exon 19 deletions or exon 21 (L858R) substitution mutations). The FDA has granted TAGRISSO Priority Review status, and previously granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for TAGRISSO in the 1st-line treatment of patients with metastatic EGFR mutation-positive (EGFRm) NSCLC.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the company’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for fremanezumab, an anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide (anti-CGRP) monoclonal antibody for the preventive treatment of migraine. Additionally, the FDA has granted fast track designation for fremanezumab for the prevention of cluster headache.
Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xepi (ozenoxacin) Cream, 1%, a new chemical entity for the treatment of impetigo in patients two months of age and older when applied topically twice daily for 5 days. In the U.S., impetigo is estimated to account for approximately 10% of skin problems observed in pediatric clinics and is considered the most common bacterial skin infection.
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