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FDA approves Niktimvo for chronic graft-versus-host disease

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved axatilimab-csfr (Niktimvo), a colony stimulating factor-1 receptor-blocking antibody, for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD).

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FDA approves combination therapy for non-small lung cancer

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It is approved in NSCLC with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R substitution mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test.

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FDA approves Phase III cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy trial

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Minoryx Therapeutics’ Phase III clinical trial (CALYX) of leriglitazone, to treat adult male X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) patients with cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy (cALD).

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FDA approves first gene therapies for sickle cell disease (with a warning)

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first cell-based gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD), Casgevy and Lyfgenia. Casgevy, from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, is also the first FDA-approved treatment to use CRISPR gene editing technology.

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FDA approves Izervay for geographic atrophy

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The new complement C5 inhibitor is the only approved GA treatment with a statistically significant reduction in the rate of GA progression at the 12-month primary endpoint across two Phase III clinical trials. Time matters, vision matters, and safety matters in this devastating progressive disease. GA impacts an estimated 1.5

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FDA approves first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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The FDA’s accelerated approval is based on an increase in Elevidys micro-dystrophin protein expression in skeletal muscle. Phase III EMBARK trial Consistent with the accelerated approval pathway, the company has committed to the completion of a confirmatory trial.

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FDA approves Covid-19 mAb for emergency use in immunocompromised

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“People who are immunocompromised continue to be disproportionally impacted by Covid-19 even after receiving multiple vaccine doses,” said Cameron Wolfe, Professor of Medicine, Transplant Infectious Disease at Duke University School of Medicine.