The U.S. FDA has approved Taiho Oncology Inc.’s Lytgobi (futibatinib) for adults with previously treated, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma harboring fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR-2) gene fusions or other rearrangements. The approval arrived on its Sept. 30 PDUFA date.
The U.S. FDA has approved Taiho Oncology Inc.’s Lytgobi (futibatinib) for adults with previously treated, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma harboring fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR-2) gene fusions or other rearrangements. The approval arrived on its Sept. 30 PDUFA date.
Immuneering Corp. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for IMM-1-104, paving the way for the company to initiate a phase I/IIa trial of this oral, once-daily small molecule in development for the treatment of advanced RAS-mutant solid tumors.
After winning the backing of European regulators, Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. is returning to the U.S. FDA with its hemophilia A gene therapy, valoctocogene roxaparvovec, following a rejection in August 2020. It's armed with data it hopes will assuage concerns about long-term safety and benefits.
Verismo Therapeutics Inc. has received U.S. orphan drug designation from the FDA for Synkir-110 for the treatment of patients with mesothelin-expressing mesotheliomas.
Ambulero Inc., a spinout from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has received a positive response from a type B pre-IND meeting with the FDA on the development of AMB-301 as a treatment for the vascular disease Buerger's disease.
A serious adverse event (SAE) in one participant has led the U.S. FDA to place a partial clinical hold on Avidity Biosciences Inc.’s lead program. The action is centered on the phase I/II Marina study of AOC-1001, an antibody oligonucleotide conjugate for treating myotonic dystrophy type 1, the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults.
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