New Drug Approvals

MAY 8, 2025

13] Efficacy was evaluated in BRUIN (NCT03740529), an open-label, multicenter, single-arm trial of pirtobrutinib monotherapy that included 120 participants with mantle cell lymphoma previously treated with a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor. [4] 6] The same trial was used to assess safety and efficacy. [6] 12 (5): 80.

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New Drug Approvals

JULY 10, 2025

October 2022). World Health Organization (2022). . ^ “KalVista Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval of Ekterly (sebetralstat), First and Only Oral On-demand Treatment for Hereditary Angioedema” (Press release). 7 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025 – via Business Wire. 65 (20): 13629–13644. doi : 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00921.

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New Drug Approvals

JUNE 15, 2025

Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. 6] [9] [10] It is a complement inhibitor that is injected subcutaneously (under the skin). [6] 6] Zilucoplan is a cyclic peptide that binds to the protein complement component 5 (C5) and inhibits its cleavage into C5a and C5b. [11] 24 September 2024. . 006)” Neurology. 90 (15 Supplement).

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

JUNE 11, 2025

Published June 11, 2025 Ben Fidler Senior Editor post share post print email license The FDA on June 11, 2025 approved Nuvation's Ibtrozi for ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer. Among those who had gotten another such therapy, the rates were 52% and 62% in those trials. You can unsubscribe at anytime.

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New Drug Approvals

APRIL 18, 2025

2] History Crinecerfont’s approval is based on two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials in 182 adults and 103 children with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia. [2] 2] In the first trial, 122 adults received crinecerfont twice daily and 60 received placebo twice daily for 24 weeks. [2] 1 November 2022).

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New Drug Approvals

JULY 7, 2025

1] Pimicotinib is under investigation in clinical trial NCT05804045 (Study of Pimicotinib (ABSK021) for Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor (MANEUVER)). History In December 2023, Abbisko Therapeutics entered into a licensing agreement for pimicotinib in all indications for China rights with Merck KGaA. [2] 6] The U.S. 6] The U.S. s,1H),8.37(d,J＝5.7Hz,1H),8.27(s,1H),8.01–7.85(m,2H),7.67(d,J＝8.8Hz,1H),7.19(d,J＝2.4Hz,1H),6.62(dd,J＝5.7,2.4Hz,1H),5.89(s,1H),3.86(s,3H),3.83–3.76(m,1H),3.67–3.6

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New Drug Approvals

APRIL 19, 2025

elimination half-life (min) cardio-selectivity (1/2) metabilization Landiolol 4 250 pseudocholinesterases Esmolol 9 30 ery-esterases Metoprolol 420 3 cytochrom P2D6 (Leber) History The beneficial effects of landiolol have been demonstrated in over sixty clinical trials (pubmed search -August 2018). 21 December 2022. 24 August 2022.

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Drug Hunter

APRIL 20, 2023

We asked the global drug discovery community to nominate and vote on their favorite molecule from 2022, and the results are in. The 2022 winner, with the most overall votes across the ten finalist molecules , is BMS’ oral, deuterated allosteric TYK2 inhibitor, deucravacitinib, the first new treatment for plaque psoriasis in nearly a decade.

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Drug Hunter

JUNE 25, 2023

This edition includes Maze’s glycogen synthase 1 (GYS1) inhibitors that were recently licensed to Sanofi, allosteric androgen receptor (AR) modulators that may be of interest to targeted protein degradation researchers, and brain-penetrant HER2 and ROCK2 inhibitors. Get ahead now by requesting a trial. already a member?

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The Premier Consulting Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

However, accelerated approval comes with a condition: sponsors must conduct confirmatory trials to verify the drug’s anticipated clinical benefits using robust outcome measures. Concerns have arisen over delays—sometimes spanning over 7–8 years—that may expose patients to risks before confirmatory trials are completed.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 18, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Priority Review designation for the Biologics License Application (BLA) for their mRNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age and older. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date for a decision by the FDA is in January 2022.

Licensing

The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The FDA also recommended that Gamida Cell generate additional manufacturing-related data prior to requesting a pre-Biologics License Application (BLA) meeting. The revised plan could support a potential commercial launch of omidubicel in the United States as early as mid-2022. chief executive officer of Gamida Cell.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Valentine — On November 22, 2022, FDA approved CSL Behring’s BLA for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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LifeSciVC

JANUARY 16, 2024

By Aimee Raleigh, Principal at Atlas Venture, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC Just in time for new years’ reflections and resolutions, this year’s JPM felt like a refreshing burst of enthusiasm for a sector that has seen its challenges in 2022 and 2023 but also some green shoots. Additional trials (e.g.,

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 7, 2022

The new findings from the Phase 3 clinical trials (ADvocate 1 and 2) showed eight out of ten patients who achieved clinical response (EASI-75*) with lebrikizumab monotherapy at 16 weeks maintained skin clearance at one year of treatment with the once every two weeks or four weeks regimen. Almirall S.A.’s Source link: [link].

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New Drug Approvals

DECEMBER 19, 2022

FDA 12/1/2022, To treat adults with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia with a susceptible isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) mutation, Rezlidhia Olutasidenib , sold under the brand name Rezlidhia , is an anticancer medication used to treat relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia. [1] 1 December 2022. 1 December 2022.

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New Drug Approvals

AUGUST 21, 2023

6] It was approved for medical use in Canada in June 2022, [4] and in the United States in August 2023. [5] 4] [5] History Palovarotene is a retinoic acid receptor gamma (RARγ) agonist licensed to Clementia Pharmaceuticals from Roche Pharmaceuticals. 24 January 2022. . 24 January 2022. 20 June 2022. Grogan, D.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Under the agreement, which may generate revenue for BioInvent of up to SEK 30 million , BioInvent will provide process development, scale-up, supply of material for toxicological studies and clinical grade material in 1000L scale for use in phase I and II clinical trials. The Company’s validated, proprietary F.I.R.S.T

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New Drug Approvals

DECEMBER 24, 2023

December 2022). Eplontersen , sold under the brand name Wainua , is a medication used for the treatment of transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis. [1] 1] It is a transthyretin-directed antisense oligonucleotide. [1] 1] It was developed to treat hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis by Ionis Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca. [2] 330 (15): 1448–1458.

Clinical Trials

The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Dosing of the first patient in this trial has triggered a $50 million milestone payment from AstraZeneca to Innate. “W Additional details on the INTERLINK-1 clinical trial can be found here. . MARSEILLE, France, Oct. The financial terms of the agreement include potential cash payments up to $1.275 billion to Innate Pharma.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Novartis moment blazoned that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company’s supplemental Biologics License Operation (sBLA) and that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated the type-II variation operation for Beovu ® (brolucizumab) 6 mg for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME).

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 16, 2021

Primary and all key secondary endpoints including itch, interference of itch on sleep and quality of life were met at Week 16 in two pivotal Phase 3 trials in lebrikizumab clinical trial program – Safety profile consistent with prior lebrikizumab studies in atopic dermatitis. Almirall S.A.’s Almirall S.A.’s

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 19, 2022

1 The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date, the FDA action date for their regulatory decision, is during the third quarter of 2022. Susan Galbraith, Executive Vice President, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, said: “The DESTINY-Lung01 trial confirmed the HER2 mutation as an actionable biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer.

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DrugBank

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This involves assessing the strength and breadth of patents, evaluating the potential for future patent challenges, and analyzing the value derived from licensing agreements and royalty streams. GlaxoSmithKline's spin-off of its consumer healthcare division , Haleon, in 2022 is a case in point.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 27, 2021

Passage Bio expects to initiate a Phase1/2 clinical trial for PBFT02 in the first half of 2021. The trial is designed as a dose-escalation study of a single ICM dose of PBFT02 in subjects with FTD and heterozygous mutations in the GRN gene. The FDA has granted an Orphan Drug designation for PBFT02 for the treatment of FTD-GRN.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

If the confirmatory trial shows that the drug actually provides a clinical benefit, then the FDA grants traditional approval for the drug. If the confirmatory trial does not show that the drug provides clinical benefit, FDA has regulatory procedures in place that could lead to removing the drug from the market. FDA-2022-E-3124 ).

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The Pharma Data

JULY 21, 2021

Biovac will obtain drug substance from facilities in Europe, and manufacturing of finished doses will commence in 2022. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the U.S. Pfizer and BioNTech expect that Biovac’s Cape Town facility will be incorporated into the vaccine supply chain by the end of 2021.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 22, 2021

ARV-471 is currently in a Phase 2 dose expansion clinical trial for the treatment of patients with estrogen receptor (ER) positive / human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative (ER+/HER2-) locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. The estrogen receptor is a well-known disease driver in most breast cancers.

Targeted Protein Degradation

Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Preclinical research on γδ T cells has made great strides since the cells were first identified in the 1980s, with γδ T-cell therapies from several companies, including IN8bio, now in or nearing clinical trials for various cancers. Normality sensing licenses local T cells for innate-like tissue surveillance.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 18, 2021

The European sales and marketing infrastructure is being put in place to be ready for commercial launch as early as the beginning of 2022. At the same time, we continue to prepare for the filing of the Biologics License Application with the U.S. GenSight Biologics’ cash and cash equivalents totaled €37.9

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Agency IQ

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Swiss Federal Council confirmed its intention to continue to follow European device regulations in mid-2022, even in the face of rising concern around the implementation of the European MDR. Swissmedic reported a cash reserve of CHF 100 million, or about $118 million, at the end of 2022. What does this mean for manufacturers?

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

. Initiated CTP-543 THRIVE-AA1 Phase 3 Trial in November 2020. The THRIVE-AA1 Phase 3 trial is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of CTP-543 to evaluate hair regrowth using the Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) after 24 weeks of dosing in approximately 700 adult patients with moderate to severe alopecia areata.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The proceeds from the Transaction would be primarily used to fund international multi-center trial for MVR-T3011-IT, IND filing and swift initiation of clinical trials for two additional pipeline candidates, as well as the discovery and validation of new product candidates developed on the OvPENS platform.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

. More frequent written communication from FDA about such things as the design of the proposed clinical trials and use of biomarkers. The drug candidate is currently engaged in a phase IIb clinical trial in prostate cancer, a study that aims to recruit more than 175 patients and that involves centres both in Europe and in the US.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 23, 2021

These doses are expected to be delivered from October 2021 through April 2022. The companies expect to deliver 110 million of the additional doses by December 31, 2021, with the remaining 90 million doses to be delivered no later than April 30, 2022. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the U.S.

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New Drug Approvals

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This approval was based on favorable results obtained from Pfizer’s Elevate UC Phase III registrational program, consisting of the Elevate UC 52 and Elevate UC 12 clinical trials, that investigates the efficacy of a 2-mg daily dose regimen of etrasimod, with a 32% and 26% remission rate observed in UC 52 and UC 12 trials respectively.

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New Drug Approvals

DECEMBER 16, 2023

August 2022). PMID 35561315. ^ “Novartis Phase III APPOINT-PNH trial shows investigational oral monotherapy iptacopan improves hemoglobin to near-normal levels, leading to transfusion independence in all treatment-naïve PNH patients” Novartis (Press release). 5 December 2023. . 6 (15): 4450–4460. 2022006960. PMC 9636331.

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