SANOFI: FDA grants priority review for Dupixent® (dupilumab) as potential treatment for adolescents with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for Priority Review the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Dupixent® (dupilumab) in adolescent patients 12 to 17 years of age with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis, whose disease was inadequately controlled with topical therapies or for whom topical treatment was medically inadvisable. Read More »

ARIXA PHARMACEUTICALS: Announces Publication of Seminal Paper Demonstrating First Oral Prodrug of Avibactam

Arixa Pharmaceuticals issued the following announcement on Nov. 12.Arixa Pharmaceuticals™, Inc., a company dedicated to developing oral antibiotics for drug-resistant Gram-negative infections, today announced publication of a paper describing the chemistry of its oral prodrug of avibactam, a previously intravenous (IV)-only beta lactamase inhibitor (BLI). Read More »