Month: April 2023

ImmunoGen’s Obvious Recent Progress

 ImmunoGen Reports Recent Progress and First Quarter 2023 Financial Results  On April 28, 2023, ImmunoGen (IMGN) reviewed recent progress in the business and reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.  Immunogen's drug ELAHERE® (mirvetuximab soravtansine-gyn) is a first-in-class antibody drug conjugate (ADC) comprising a folate receptor alpha-binding antibody, cleavable linker, and the maytansinoid . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please …

Vertex Receives CHMP Positive Opinion for ORKAMBI in Children with Cystic Fibrosis Aged 1 – >2 Years

Vertex Pharmaceuticals ORKAMBI Receives Positive CHMP Opinion Today, April 27, Vertex Pharmaceuticals  (VRTX) announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) embraced a positive opinion for the label extension of ORKAMBI® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) for the treatment of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) ages 1 . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log …

Atea Pharmaceuticals: The U.S. FDA Granted Fast Track Designation to Bemnifosbuvir Oral Antiviral for COVID-19

Atea Pharmaceuticals Receives Fast Track Designation for Bemnifosbuvir Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR) announced that the U.S. FDA has granted Fast Track designation to its product bemnifosbuvir for the treatment of resistant COVID-19.   Bemnifosbuvir is an oral, direct acting antiviral drug candidate being evaluated in the global Phase 3 SUNRISE-3 registrational trial for the treatment of COVID . . . This content is for paid subscribers. …

Apellis Pharmaceuticals: Validation of 4 Marketing Applications for Pegcetacoplan for Geographic Atrophy

Apellis Pharmaceuticals Validation for Pegcetacoplan Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS) announced the receival of validation of its marketing applications by regulatory authorities in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland for intravitreal pegcetacoplan regarding the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The decisions by the local regulatory authorities in these four countries are . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please …

CymaBay Therapeutics: Results From Phase 3 Study of Seladelpar in Patients with PBC Published in Hepatology

Important News from CymaBay Therapeutics Primary Biliary Cholangitis Today, April 21, 2023, CymaBay Therapeutics (CBAY) announced that results from the ENHANCE phase 3 global study evaluating seladelpar for Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) have been published in Hepatology. The authors . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Important News from Novartis MS Product Kesimpta®

From Novartis on April 20, 2023 The ALITHIOS open-label extension study demonstrated that continuous treatment with Kesimpta® (ofatumumab) for up to five years in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) was associated with reduced risk of disability progression versus those who switched later from teriflunomide to Kesimpta. Outcomes related to both disability progression and brain volume change up to five years favored earlier initiation of Kesimpta in people …

Innoviva: The FDA Advisory Committee Unanimously Recommended Approval of Sulbactam-Durlobactam

News from Innoviva That We Consider Positively Impacting and Extremely Important Innoviva, Inc. (INVA) (Innoviva), announced that the FDA Antmicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee (AMDAC) has unanimously voted 12-0 in favor of approval of sulbactam-durlobactam based on a favorable benefit-risk assessment for the treatment of adults with hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here …

Why the FDA Accepted to Review Merck’s KEYTRUDA (sBLA) for The Treatment of HER2 Negative Gastric Adenocarcinoma

Merck in the NEWS Merck (MRK) announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted for review a new supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) seeking approval for KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) in combination with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy, for the first-line treatment of HER2 negative patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma. The American Agency's acceptance of . . . This content is …

Regenxbio Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for RGX-202 for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy  

Regenxbio in the NEWS Today, the U.S. FDA granted Fast Track designation for Regenxbio (RGNX) Gene therapy RGX-202 a potential one-time gene therapy for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne). Therapies granted Fast Track designation are given the opportunity for more frequent interactions with the FDA and may qualify for priority review. The FDA has granted RGX-202 . . . This content is for paid …

TG Therapeutics Announced Positive CHMP Opinion of BRIUMVI for Relapsing Forms of MS in Adults

TG Therapeutics Positive CHMP of BRIUMVI TG Therapeutics, Inc. (TGTX), informed that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the approval of BRIUMVI™ (ublituximab-xiiy) for adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (RMS) with active disease defined by clinical or imaging features. BRIUMVI . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to …