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FDA approves combination therapy for non-small lung cancer

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lazertinib (Lazcluze) in combination with amivantamab-vmjw (Rybrevant) for the first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

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FDA approves oral therapy for Grade 2 IDH-mutant glioma

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Voranigo, an isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) and isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 (IDH2) inhibitor, indicated for the treatment of patients 12 years and older with Grade 2 astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma.

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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 Izervay for geographic atrophy

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Izervay (avacincaptad pegol intravitreal solution) for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The FDA approval of Izervay is great news for the retina community and our patients suffering from GA.”

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FDA approves first T cell therapy in solid tumours

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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Amtagvi (lifileucel), the first cellular therapy indicated for the treatment of metastatic, unresectable melanoma. Amtagvi is the first FDA-approved tumour-derived T cell immunotherapy.

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FDA approves first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl), an adeno-associated virus (AAV) based gene therapy for the treatment of DMD. The post FDA approves first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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FDA approves first drug for agitation due Alzheimer’s dementia

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Otsuka and Lundbeck’s Rexulti (brexpiprazole) has become the first pharmacological treatment to be approved in the US for agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the companies’ supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA).