As expected – and well ahead of the Aug. 20 PDUFA date – Bothell, Wash-based Seattle Genetics Inc. (Seagen) won FDA clearance for the oral small-molecule breast cancer therapy tucatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor branded Tukysa.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Chi-Med, Everest, Redhill, Seattle Genetics.
Case Western Reserve University spinout Synapse Biomedical Inc. has received emergency use authorization from the U.S. FDA for its Transaeris diaphragm pacing system (DPS) device to prevent and treat ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction (VIDD).
Public drug and device companies may want to think twice before eagerly jumping on the COVID-19 bandwagon with announcements overselling their efforts to develop or repurpose products to treat patients infected with the coronavirus.
HONG KONG – South Korean biopharmaceutical company Kolon Tissuegene Inc. got a new lease on life as the U.S. FDA lifted the hold on the phase III trial for its lead candidate, Invossa-K (Invossa), for the treatment of osteoarthritis.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Alphamab, Ascendis, Autolus, Eagle, Emmaus, Index, Mayne, Mithra, Provention, Regeneron, Tetra, Tissuetech, Zai.
The FDA approved Urogen Pharma Ltd.’s mitomycin gel, an orphan drug branded Jelmyto, on April 15, offering patients the first non-surgical option for low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer (LG-UTUC) and granting the Princeton, N.J.-based company with its first marketed product.
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