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FDA approves first gene therapy for rare skin disorder

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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Krystal Biotech’s Vyjuvek, a herpes-simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) vector-based gene therapy, for the treatment of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). The post FDA approves first gene therapy for rare skin disorder appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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FDA Approves

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA -mutated ( BRCA m) metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Patients should be selected for therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for LYNPARZA. In the U.S., For the U.S.

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Daiichi Sankyo, with new data, to seek FDA approval of lung cancer drug

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The HER3-targeting treatment could become the next antibody-drug conjugate to emerge from Daiichi Sankyo’s laboratories, after the AstraZeneca-partnered Enhertu.

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Cancer vaccine shows sustained improvement in survival rates

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Moderna recently secured FDA approval for the first mRNA vaccine to treat something other than Covid-19 – it’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine mRESVIA (mRNA-1345).

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Repurposing FDA-approved drugs may help combat COVID-19

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Several FDA-approved drugs – including for type 2 diabetes, hepatitis C and HIV – significantly reduce the ability of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 to replicate in human cells, according to new research led by scientists at Penn State. ” Other authors on the paper include Sydney A. Commun Biol 5, 169, 2022.

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FDA Approves Updated Indication for Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for Treatment.

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10), as determined by an FDA-approved test, or in patients who were not eligible for any platinum-containing chemotherapy regardless of PD-L1 status. This indication was approved under accelerated approval based on tumor response rate and duration of response.

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FDA Approves New Imaging Drug to Help Identify Ovarian Cancer Lesions

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The FDA previously granted Cytalux orphan-drug , priority and fast track designations. The FDA granted the approval to On Target Laboratories, LLC. National Cancer Institute: Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancer FDA Approved Drugs: Questions and Answers. ###. Related Information.