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FDA Approves Duvystat, New Oral Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

PLOS: DNA Science

FDA classifies it as a “nonsteroidal treatment” – not a gene therapy, but it affects gene expression. Results from the study that led to the FDA approval appeared in The Lancet Neurology in April 2024 with commentary. A gene-based treatment would have to alter many cells to exert a noticeable effect.

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Fitusiran

New Drug Approvals

2] Fitusiran was approved for medical use in the United States in March 2025. [2] 1] [2] Adverse effects The US Food and Drug Administration prescription label for fitusiran contains a boxed warning for thrombotic events (blood clotting) and gallbladder disease (with some recipients requiring gallbladder removal). [2] 26 March 2025.

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FDA Approves Merck’s ENFLONSIA™ to Prevent RSV in Infants

The Pharma Data

FDA Approves Merck’s ENFLONSIA™ to Protect Infants from Severe RSV Illness Merck operating as MSD outside the United States and Canada, has received a significant regulatory milestone with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granting approval for ENFLONSIA™ (clesrovimab-cfor).

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Automated red blood cell exchange: bridging treatment gaps in sickle cell disease care

Drug Target Review

Dr Aaron Haubner, Senior Manager of North America Medical Affairs and Market Access at Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies , reveals that while promising new treatments emerge, urgent partnerships are needed to ensure this essential blood therapy reaches the patients who need it most.

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Good things come in 3s

SugarCone Biotech

Typical treatment has been chemotherapy and radiotherapy with an initially high overall response rate (ORR) but then rapid recurrence followed by poor prognosis. Toxicities were challenging enough to cause 13% of patients to reduce dose or skip doses and 3% to discontinue treatment. 4 patients (33%) had grade 4 adverse events.

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Biogen Advances Investigational SMA Therapy to Registrational Trials After Positive Phase 1 Data

The Pharma Data

Designed using the same fundamental mechanism as Biogen’s approved SMA treatment SPINRAZA (nusinersen), salanersen represents a next-generation approach aimed at greater potency and less frequent dosing—potentially requiring only once-yearly administration. Most adverse events (AEs) were mild to moderate in severity.

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FDA Approves Danyelza (naxitamab-gqgk) for the Treatment of Neuroblastoma

The Pharma Data

FDA Approves Danyelza (naxitamab-gqgk) for the Treatment of Neuroblastoma. the “Company” or “Y-mAbs”) (Nasdaq: YMAB) a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the U.S.