The U.S. FDA’s green lighting of Omeros Corp.’s Yartemlea (narsoplimab) makes it the first approved treatment for hematopoietic stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA), a life-threatening complication of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation. The BLA for narsoplimab, a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits the enzyme mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease-2, had a Dec. 26 PDUFA date.

Speed and innovation from Asia Pacific’s (APAC) biotechnology sector had big pharma scouring the region for the next oncology heir to Keytruda (pembrolizumab), Merck & Co. Inc.’s reigning blockbuster cancer drug.

In a letter to the hemophilia community, Pfizer Inc. reported a death due to cerebellar infarction and subsequent cerebral hemorrhage in a long-term extension trial participant taking the New York-based company’s tissue factor pathway inhibitor antagonist Hympavzi (marstacimab).