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Vertex’s non-opioid pain drug gets FDA approval in milestone for company and research

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Despite high demand for an option like Journavx, doctors fear the drug’s price could be a major hangup for insurers, potentially limiting patients’ ability to access it.

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Epilepsy drug prevents brain tumors in mice with NF1

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have discovered that an FDA-approved epilepsy drug can prevent or slow the growth of NF1-linked optic gliomas in mice, laying the groundwork for a clinical trial.

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Intercept, after biotech rollercoaster ride, agrees to buyout by Alfasigma

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Once valued at more than $7 billion, the liver drug company couldn’t secure a long-sought FDA approval in NASH and last month said it would abandon that research.

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Roche follows AbbVie with FDA approval for dual-targeting lymphoma drug

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The approval of Columvi adds another “bispecific antibody” to the market, highlighting the fast research progress for drugs that target two proteins rather than one.

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Binghamton researchers get FDA approval for drug to treat world’s most common genetic disease

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

— A new drug developed by professors from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Binghamton University has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the treatment of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a common genetic disease that mostly affects young boys. BINGHAMTON, N.Y.

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FDA Approved Oncology Drugs 2023

Crown Bioscience

In a significant development, the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) approved 55 new drugs in 2023.

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FDA Approves Duvystat, New Oral Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

PLOS: DNA Science

Research also took place in two facilities in Italy, with sponsorship from Italfarmaco S.p.A. Results from the study that led to the FDA approval appeared in The Lancet Neurology in April 2024 with commentary. Researchers have been working on developing gene therapy for DMD for decades.