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Topical Gene Therapy FDA-Approved for Severe Skin Disease, Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

PLOS: DNA Science

The newest FDA-approved gene therapy treats the severe, skin-peeling condition dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). The gene treatment has been a long time coming, but it differs from the handful of other approved gene therapies: it isn’t a one-and-done.

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

Drug Target Review

What potential advantages does the CD5 modulation strategy offer over traditional CAR-T therapies? 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.

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AdComms – Is FDA Getting Less Advice?

Eye on FDA

Below is a chart that looks at 3 numbers – the number of AdComms; the number of new molecular entities approved each year, and the number of drugs that had breakthrough therapy designation. Fewer meetings – more approvals.

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Lower-Profile Web Intrasaccular Aneurysm Treatment Device Receives FDA Approval

The Pharma Data

based subsidiary of Terumo and a global neurovascular company, announced today the FDA Approval of the PMA Supplement for the WEB 17 System, a new addition to the WEB Aneurysm Embolization System for the treatment of intracranial wide neck bifurcation aneurysms. The WEB System received its first PMA approval in late 2018.

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

The Pharma Data

Roche/GSK collaboration represents an important step towards a personalised healthcare strategy that can help identify patients who are most likely to benefit from a specific therapy. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the VENTANA MMR RxDx Panel for advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer patients. 2018) 68:394–424.

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U.S. FDA Approves PREVNAR 20™, Pfizer’s Pneumococcal 20-valent Conjugate Vaccine for Adults Ages 18 Years or Older

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PREVNAR 20 (Pneumococcal 20-valent Conjugate Vaccine) for the prevention of invasive disease and pneumonia caused by the 20 Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) serotypes in the vaccine in adults ages 18 years and older. Following today’s FDA approval, the U.S.

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