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FDA Approvals Roundup: Kloxxado, Farxiga, Ferriprox

The Pharma Data

Ferriprox was originally approved in 2011 as a therapy for patients with transfusional iron overload due to thalassemia syndromes for whom chelation therapy was not adequate. .

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FDA Approvals: Therapies for Lupus, MS, Cancer and a Genomic Alteration in Pigs

The Pharma Data

BENLYSTA is the first medicine approved to treat systemic lupus and adults with active lupus nephritis, an important treatment advance for patients with this incurable autoimmune disease,” said GSK Chief Scientific Officer and President of R&D Dr. Hal Barron. The FDA approval of Klisyri is a significant milestone for Athenex.

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

The Pharma Data

The FDA first approved Benlysta for lupus in 2011. Up to 60 percent of people with lupus will develop lupus nephritis. Benlysta is a human monoclonal antibody sold by GSK. However, at that time, Benlysta had not been studied for use in individuals with severe lupus nephritis.

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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

Linda Powers, CEO, Northwest Biotherapeutics Powers has served as the Chairman of NW Bio since 2007, and as CEO since 2011. Other roles include Head of Biology at TopoTarget A/S, where she was responsible for the pre-clinical development of belinostat which went on to gain FDA approval to treat peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

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FDA Commissioner and Chief Scientist Announce Decision to Withdraw Approval of Makena

The Pharma Data

“Fundamentally, however, the touchstone of FDA drug approval is a favorable benefit-risk assessment; without that favorable assessment, the drug should not have the status of being FDA-approved.”

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Skinny Label and Induced Infringement: The Saga Continues

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

If an FDA-approved carve-out could support an intent to induce infringement claim, the use of the “section viii pathway would be substantially deterred.” Plainly, the Government brief states “The decision below is incorrect.

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No Sleep ‘Til District Court: Jazz Sues FDA Over Sodium Oxybate Clinical Superiority Determination

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Approximately six weeks after FDA approved Lumryz and issued its clinical superiority decision , Jazz filed a Complaint against FDA in the District Court of D.C. Jazz believes that FDA precedent precludes that position and thus FDA departed from established policy, which FDA denied ever existed.

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