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Behind the new kind of cell therapy that just won FDA approval

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

One expert views Amtagvi’s approval as a catalyst for further investment in TIL therapies, akin to how Kymriah’s 2017 clearance buoyed CAR-T treatment.

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Advancing CAR-T therapy: how CD5 modulation is shaping cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

MR : Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy is very effective in treating patients with B-cell lymphoma, leukemia, and multiple myeloma, where we have six FDA-approved drugs. However, these treatments will eventually fail for the majority of patients, so there is a strong need for better CAR therapies.

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Impulse Dynamics Announces FDA Approval for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The Pharma Data

Biederman, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging and Cardiac MRI at Allegheny General Hospital/Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh and an author on the groundbreaking 2017 MagnaSafe trial published in NEJM.

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Biogen’s Statement on the Final National Coverage Determination for Amyloid-Beta Targeting Therapies for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

The Pharma Data

This unprecedented CMS decision effectively denies all Medicare beneficiaries access to ADUHELM ® (aducanumab-avwa), the first and only FDA-approved therapy in a new class of Alzheimer’s drugs. It may also limit coverage for any future approved treatment in the class. ADUHELM can also cause serious allergic reactions.

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Roche receives FDA approval for first companion diagnostic to identify endometrial cancer patients eligible for immunotherapy

The Pharma Data

VENTANA MMR RxDx Panel is the first immunohistochemistry predictive test in endometrial cancer for treatment with the anti-PD1 immunotherapy JEMPERLI ( dostarlimab-gxly ). Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the VENTANA MMR RxDx Panel for advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer patients.

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Mylan secures first FDA approval for generic version of Biogen's Tecfidera following patent dispute

The Pharma Data

The FDA has approved its first generic of Biogen’s multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment Tecfidera, awarding authorisation to Mylan which is launching the drug in a dimethyl fumarate delayed-release oral solid formulation, both in 120mg and 240mg doses.

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FDA approves Roche’s Evrysdi for use in babies under two months with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

The Pharma Data

The approval is based on interim efficacy and safety data from the RAINBOWFISH study in newborns, which showed that the majority of pre-symptomatic babies treated with Evrysdi achieved key milestones such as sitting and standing with half walking after 12 months of treatment. Food and Drug Administration in 2017.