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European Commission vs Big Pharma, or profit vs access?  

Drug Discovery World

UMNs have been defined in the context of the draft as diseases where there’s a lack of good treatments, and which have a high burden 3. The draft commission proposes to award medicines that meet “unmet medical needs” (UMN) an extra year of protection from generic competition.

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FDA Action Alert: MacroGenics and Amgen

The Pharma Data

MacroGenics , based in Rockville, Maryland, has a target action date of December 18 for its Biologics License Application (BLA) for margetuximab in combination with chemotherapy for patients with metastatic HER2+ breast cancer. Amgen’s ABP 798, a Biosimilar to Genentech’s Rituxan. Read on for this week’s.

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Article EMA Thank You EMA’s 2023 new medicines report suggests return to pre-pandemic volume

Agency IQ

Seventeen products were orphan drugs, fourteen were generics and eight were biosimilars. However, this is actually relatively aligned with the number of new active substances seen prior to and during the first year of the pandemic: 39 in 2020 ; 30 in 2019 ; 42 in 2018 and 35 in 2017. for the years 2020 to 2022. Based on the E.U.

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FDA Grants Toripalimab Fast Track Designation for Mucosal Melanoma

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted toripalimab Fast Track designation for the first-line treatment of mucosal melanoma. On December 17, 2018, Toripalimab obtained a conditional approval from the National Medical Products Administration (the “NMPA”) for the second-line treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

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Tezepelumab NAVIGATOR Phase 3 Trial Met Primary Endpoint Of A Statistically Significant And Clinically Meaningful Reduction In Exacerbations In A Broad Population Of Patients With Severe Asthma

The Pharma Data

2018 for patients with severe asthma, without an eosinophilic phenotype. The trial comprised a five to six week screening period, a 52-week treatment period and a 12-week post-treatment follow-up period. The primary efficacy endpoint was the annualized asthma exacerbation rate during the 52-week treatment period.

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Update On SOURCE Phase 3 Trial For Tezepelumab In Patients With Severe, Oral Corticosteroid-Dependent Asthma

The Pharma Data

“The recent results from our NAVIGATOR trial were impressive, both in terms of the overall clinical data and the reduction in exacerbation rate with tezepelumab treatment, and we continue to work with AstraZeneca on planned regulatory filings in 2021. Detailed results from the SOURCE trial will be presented at a future medical meeting.

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Sanofi delivered close to double-digit Q4 2020

The Pharma Data

Dupixent ® was approved in China for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe AD in June and will be listed on the NRDL (National Reimbursement Drug List) as of March 2021. Fabrazyme ® was launched in China in May and is the first treatment for Fabry disease approved in China. Fourth-quarter Fabrazyme ® sales decreased 0.9%

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