JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PLC: National Comprehensive Cancer Network® adds Jazz Pharmaceuticals' Vyxeos™ (daunorubicin and cytarabine) Liposome for Injection to Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc announced that the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) added Vyxeos™ (daunorubicin and cytarabine) liposome for injection to the Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Read More »

GSK VACCINES: GSK receives European approval for expanded indication for Fluarix Tetra (Influenza Vaccine) for ages six months and older

GSK announced the expanded indication for Fluarix Tetra (Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine) has been approved in Europe to include adults and now children from six months of age for the prevention of influenza disease caused by the two influenza A virus subtypes and the two influenza B virus types contained in the vaccine. Read More »

APPLIED GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION: AGTC Announces Sue Washer, CEO, Elected to Biotechnology Innovation Organization's Board of Directors

Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, today announced the election of Sue Washer, President and Chief Executive Officer, to the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)'s Board of Directors. Read More »

PHIZER: Receives Breakthrough Therapy Designation from FDA for PF-04965842, an oral JAK1 Inhibitor, for the Treatment of Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis

Pfizer Inc. announced its once-daily oral Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) inhibitor PF-04965842 received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD). The Phase 3 program for PF-04965842 initiated in December and is the first trial in the JAK1 Atopic Dermatitis Efficacy and Safety (JADE) global development program. Read More »

ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC.: Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug Application for INBRIJA™ (levodopa inhalation powder)

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOR) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing its New Drug Application (NDA) for INBRIJA. INBRIJA is an investigational inhaled levodopa treatment for symptoms of OFF periods in people with Parkinson’s disease taking a carbidopa/levodopa regimen Read More »

ALLERGAN USA INC.: FDA Acceptance of Medicines360's Filing for supplemental New Drug Application for LILETTA® (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system) 52 mg

Allergan plc, (NYSE: AGN) a leading global pharmaceutical company, and Medicines360, a global nonprofit women's health pharmaceutical company with a mission of expanding access to quality medicines, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing Medicines360's supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA). Read More »

PFIZER: Announces Update on European Marketing Authorization Application for SUTENT® (sunitinib) in Adult Patients at High Risk of Recurrent Renal Cell Carcinoma

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended against expanding use of SUTENT® (sunitinib) to include the adjuvant treatment of adult patients at a high risk of recurrent renal cell carcinoma (RCC) following nephrectomy (surgical removal of the cancerous kidney). Read More »

MCKESSON SPECIALTY HEALTH: ERLEADA (Apalutamide), the First FDA-Approved Treatment for Non-Metastatic, Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer, Available for Order at Biologics, Inc.

Biologics, Inc., a McKesson Specialty Health oncology and complex care pharmacy services company, has been selected by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson1 to be in the limited distribution network for ERLEADA™ (apalutamide), the first FDA-approved treatment for non-metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (NM-CRPC). The addition of this critical patient therapy brings the total number of oncology and supportive therapies accessible through Biologics to 115. Read More »