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FDA Approves Pfizer Med for Rare Form of Pediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer ’s Xalkori (crizotinib) for pediatric patients one year of age and older and young adults with relapsed or refractory, systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) that is anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive. Manuel Esteban/Shutterstock.

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

The Pharma Data

The decision makes Benlysta the first lupus therapy authorized to treat this potentially life-threatening complication of the disease. The FDA first approved Benlysta for lupus in 2011. Up to 60 percent of people with lupus will develop lupus nephritis.

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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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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You FDA’s nonprescription advisors find no efficacy for phenylephrine

Agency IQ

Until recently, the FDA relied on a monograph process through which firms could bring OTC drugs to market without FDA approval so long as it adhered to pre-set terms under the monograph. In short, all studies found no significant difference between phenylephrine and placebo.

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

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved belimumab (Benlysta®), the first-ever treatment for adults with lupus nephritis (LN) who are currently receiving standard therapy. We at the LRA are thrilled to share this news about belimumab and look forward to future approvals of other lupus nephritis treatment options.”.

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FDA Approvals Roundup: Kloxxado, Farxiga, Ferriprox

The Pharma Data

Farxiga received fast track, breakthrough therapy and priority review designations for the current indication. . The SGLT2 inhibitor was originally approved in 2014 to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes in addition to diet and exercise. . Patients in the multicenter, double?blind, blind, placebo?controlled

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A research team searches for every gene that helps tumors evade immunotherapy

Broad Institute

By Allessandra DiCorato October 11, 2023 In 2011, Robert Manguso was working in a cell biology lab when his mother was diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer. The team found that deleting the gene Ptpn2 made tumors sensitive to PD-1 therapy, and they published their findings in Nature in 2017.

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