The U.S. FDA approved Corcept Therapeutics Inc.’s oral, selective glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, Lifyorli (relacorilant), nearly four months ahead of schedule for adults with platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer. A short time after the agency approved Lifyorli, it cleared Denali Therapeutics Inc.’s Avlayah (tividenofusp alfa) under the accelerated approval pathway for mucopolysaccharidosis II, also called Hunter syndrome, ahead of the April 5 PDUFA date.
A new study has reinforced that GLP-1 receptor agonists are unlikely to produce durable weight loss, but indicates that rather than returning to the starting weight, individual weight gain will plateau at 75.5% of the weight lost.
Targeting an ultrarare disease affecting about 250 U.S. residents, Immedica Pharma AB’s Loargys (pegzilarginase) won accelerated FDA approval to treat hyperargininemia in those ages 2 and older with arginase 1 deficiency (ARG1-D).