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Regulator and Funder? FDA’s Orphan Products Grants Program awards significant funding to help move promising treatments through clinical development

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

FY2024 Awardees & Observations For the FY2024 Orphan Products Clinical Trials Grants Program, FDA received 51 grant applications and awarded only seven new clinical trials a grant, providing more than $17.2 The seven awardees included six early-stage trials (e.g., Relative to other areas of medicine (e.g.,

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FDA Approves Updated Indication for Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for Treatment.

The Pharma Data

today announced a label update for KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, for its indication in first-line advanced urothelial carcinoma (bladder cancer) in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has converted this indication from an accelerated to a full (regular) approval. Source link: [link].

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How Centralized IBC Review Can Benefit Gene Therapy Research

Advarra

Gene therapy research is booming in the clinical setting. In this blog, we summarize the growth, risks, and regulatory requirements for gene therapy research. We also discuss how a centralized biosafety review process can benefit this type of research.

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Shifting Paradigms in PAH Clinical Trials: 7 Key Takeaways for Success

PPD

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapies for treating PAH were primarily vasodilators, designed to overcome the imbalance between vasoactive and vasodilator mediators and to restore endothelial cell function. Historically, the available drugs and U.S. None offers a cure for PAH.

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Positive EU CHMP Opinion for Updated Label of KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab)

The Pharma Data

KEYTRUDA has become an important treatment option for certain patients with locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer in the European Union and other countries around the world,” said Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus, vice president, clinical research, Merck Research Laboratories. “We About KEYTRUDA ® (pembrolizumab) Injection, 100 mg.

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Lupus Foundation of America Sees Big Win with FDA Approval of Benlysta for Lupus Nephritis

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Benlysta to treat lupus nephritis (lupus-related kidney disease) in adults. The approval is for both the intravenous and subcutaneous formulations. The decision makes Benlysta the first lupus therapy authorized to treat this potentially life-threatening complication of the disease.

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UNION therapeutics A/S receives FDA approval for IND of oral next generation PDE4-inhibitor (orismilast) for investigation in plaque psoriasis

The Pharma Data

Currently, oral treatment options for plaque psoriasis are limited, and many patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis are receiving systemic injectable therapies. We confidently believe in the benefits of oral orismilast, and the IND approval marks a significant milestone in our clinical development.”