Seoul-based Genexine Inc. filed a BLA to gain domestic approval of its follow-on biologic for chronic kidney disease (CKD)-induced anemia, Efesa (efepoetin alfa, GX-E4), to South Korean health regulators on Jan. 25.
Becoming the first treatment for children ages 1 to 11 with eosinophilic esophagitis (EE), Sanofi SA and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s IL-4/IL-13 inhibitor Dupixent (dupilumab) was cleared by the U.S. FDA on Jan. 25.
Seoul-based Genexine Inc. filed a BLA to gain domestic approval of its follow-on biologic for chronic kidney disease (CKD)-induced anemia, Efesa (efepoetin alfa, GX-E4), to South Korean health regulators on Jan. 25.
GC Biopharma Corp., formerly Green Cross Corp., said July 17 that it refiled the BLA for its intravenous immune globulin agent Alyglo (GC-5107B; IVIG-SN 10%) to the U.S. FDA – nearly a year and a half after the regulator’s initial rejection.
GC Biopharma Corp., formerly Green Cross Corp., said July 17 that it refiled the BLA for its intravenous immune globulin agent Alyglo (GC-5107B; IVIG-SN 10%) to the U.S. FDA – nearly a year and a half after the regulator’s initial rejection.
Just months after the controversial FDA approval of Alzheimer’s disease drug Aduhelm (aducanumab), partners on that medicine, Eisai Co. Ltd. and Biogen Inc., are advancing a BLA for another possible AD therapy, lecanemab. Formerly known as BAN-2401, the Bioarctic AB-originated antibody is designed to neutralize and eliminate soluble, toxic amyloid beta for the treatment of early AD. The rolling submission, in pursuit of an accelerated approval, was primarily based on data from a phase IIb trial in people with early AD and confirmed amyloid pathology.
Bluebird Bio Inc. has completed a rolling BLA filing of beta-thalassemia gene therapy beti-cel in the U.S., with analysts predicting that the Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech will have to shoot for a lower price tag after running into trouble with cost regulators in Europe.
Little more than six months after filing a BLA for the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) tisotumab vedotin in recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer, Seagen Inc. and Genmab A/S have secured an accelerated approval for the medicine. The green light for the co-developed product marks Seagen's third approved ADC and Genmab's first marketed therapy, though another medicine based on its Duobody technology platform recently won approval, too. The new cervical cancer drug, to be marketed as Tivdak, was approved for the treatment of adults experiencing disease progression on or after chemotherapy.
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