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Gepirone

New Drug Approvals

4] It was approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder in the United States in September 2023. [4] 4] This came after the drug had been rejected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) three times over two decades due to insufficient evidence of effectiveness. [5] 1] It is taken orally. [1] 1] It is taken orally. [1]

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2025 Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to pioneers of CAR T-cell therapy

Broad Institute

The work of June, Levine, Rivire, and Sadelain laid the foundation for a whole new class of treatments. A similar CAR from another company, Kite Pharmaceuticals (now a Gilead company), was approved by the FDA in 2017 as the second commercial CAR T-cell therapy.

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Pirtobrutinib

New Drug Approvals

7] Pirtobrutinib was approved for medical use in the United States in January 2023, [4] [8] [9] [10] and in the European Union in November 2023. [2] Compounds useful as kinase inhibitors (WO 2017/103611 A1). 7] [12] In the European Union, pirtobrutinib is indicated for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma. [2] 27 January 2023.

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Leniolisib

New Drug Approvals

5] Leniolisib was approved for medical use in the United States in March 2023. [5] 5] [7] [8] It is the first approved medication for the treatment of activated PI3K delta syndrome. [5] 5] The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers it to be a first-in-class medication. [9] World Health Organization (2017).

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The Role of the FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence in Advancing Cancer Care

The Premier Consulting Blog

The FDAs Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE) plays a pivotal role in fostering innovation, collaboration, and efficiency in the development and evaluation of oncology products. These include Fast Track Designation, Breakthrough Therapy Designation, Priority Review Designation, and the Accelerated Approval Pathway (AAP).

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A Visual Guide to Genome Editors

Codon

.” Four years earlier, in 2019, Gray had become the first patient with sickle cell anemia — a genetic disorder that causes red blood cells to become sticky and rigid — to receive an experimental treatment using CRISPR genome editing. Therapeutics The first Cas13-based clinical trial was approved in 2024.

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PRITELIVIR MESYLATE

New Drug Approvals

It is being investigated as a potential treatment for various herpes infections, including those resistant to traditional antivirals like acyclovir. Pritelivir (development codes AIC316 or BAY 57-1293 ) is a direct-acting antiviral drug in development for the treatment of herpes simplex virus infections (HSV).

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