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Bavencio treatment for Merkel cell carcinoma patients gains FDA approval

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 28, 2017
The FDA’s approval comes after the conclusion of the Javelin Markel 200 trial.

EMD Serano, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, and Pfizer Inc. recently received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market Bavencio Injection 20 mg/mL for intravenous use. Read More »

FDA fast-tracks Shire's SHP655 for patients with ADAMTS13

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 27, 2017
Shire noted that this does not guarantee FDA approval.

Shire PLC's recombinant ADAMTS13 drug, SHP655, has been given fast-track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

Allergan to sell FDA-approved Restasis in first multi-dose bottle

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 27, 2017
Restasis Multidose, which is designed with new and patented air filter technology, will be available for the same price of single-use vials.

Restasis MultiDose will now be available and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for help treating patients with a type of Chronic Dry Eye by helping them make more of their own tears. Read More »

Allergan's Juvéderm Vollure XC approved for sale in the U.S.

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 25, 2017
Juvéderm Vollure XC will be available in the U.S. starting in April.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Allergan PLC’s Juvéderm Vollure XC for use correcting moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds, in adults over 21. Read More »

FDA tentatively OKs Mylan's HIV/AIDS drug for developing nations

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 25, 2017
Developing countries will now be able to use the drug as a first-line regimen for treating HIV/AIDS patients.

Mylan N.V., a global pharmaceutical company, recently announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tentatively approved the company's New Drug Application for Efavirenz, Lamivudine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Tablets, 400 mg/300 mg/300 mg ("TLE400"). Read More »

Amgen receives European approval to market Amgevita

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 24, 2017
Amgevita treats select inflammatory diseases in adults, such as moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis.

Amgen recently announced that the European Commission (EC) granted the company authorization to bring to market Amgevita in all available indications. Read More »

DEA rule would classify Syndros drug as controlled substance

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 24, 2017
The product is a cannabinoid that can be used to help treat anorexia in patients with AIDS.

An interim final rule introduced by the Drug Enforcement Agency would result in Insys Therapeutics Inc.'s Syndros product being placed in Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act. Read More »

Amgen unveils positive data from Phase 3 '482 study

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 20, 2017
Multiple myeloma develops within plasma cells in bone marrow.

Amgen recently announced positive data from the Phase 3 '482 study, which is the largest international multiple myeloma trial ever conducted. Read More »

Abbot receives FDA approval for its FlexAbility ablation catheter

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 17, 2017
The FDA’s approval is a further step in the company’s electrophysiology portfolio expansion.

Abbot recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its FlexAbility Ablation Catheter. Read More »

Pfizer's combination antibiotic approved in U.K., Germany

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 17, 2017
Zaficefta is a useful tool in treating infections that are increasingly resistant to available antibiotics.

Pfizer Inc.'s combination antibiotic Zavicefta is now available in the United Kingdom and Germany for the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections requiring hospitalization. Read More »

FDA accepts application for Keryx Pharmaceutical's Auryxia

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 16, 2017
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals specializes in innovative medicines to fight renal disease.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted a supplemental New Drug Application for Auryxia tablets from Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc., a company specializing in innovative medicines to fight renal disease. Read More »

Pfizer China’s XELJANZ approved for rheumatoid arthritis treatment

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 16, 2017
JAK disrupt a signalling pathway that is believed to play a role in RA-associated inflammation.

Chinese authorities recently approved Pfizer China’s oral Janus kinase inhibitor XELJANZ, with active ingredient tofacitinib citrate, indicated for treating adults with moderate to severely active rheumatoid arthritis. Read More »

Data shared from Phase 3 study on DUPIXENT treatment of atopic dermatitis

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 16, 2017
Patients who received DUPIXENT in combination with TCS had significantly higher baseline improvements.

Regeneron Pharmaceutical Inc. and Sanofi recently presented the results of their one-year Phase 3 CHRONOS study, showing that investigational drug DUPIXENT combined with topical corticosteroids achieved better results in treating uncontrolled moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis than TCS alone. Read More »

Mylan launches Exemestane tablets in U.S. market following FDA approval

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 16, 2017
Exemestane tablets garnered approximately $100 million in sales between February 2016 and the end of January 2017.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently issued its final approval for Mylan’s Abbreviated New Drug Application for its Exemestane Tablets in a 25mg dosage, which are a generic version of Pfizer’s Aromasin tablets. Read More »

FDA committees find OPANA ER's risks outweigh benefits

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 16, 2017
The FDA will take the committee’s votes into consideration as it determines whether or not to take regulatory action on the drug.

Two U.S. Food and Drug Administration committees recently voted 18 to 8, with one abstention, that Endo International’s OPANA ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride extended release) no longer has a positive risk-to- benefits ratio. Read More »

FDA gives Servier's UCART19 therapy IND clearance

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 15, 2017
Servier is sponsoring a UCART19 study titled CALM Phase 1 that began in the U.K. in August 2016.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently issued Investigational New Drug clearance for Servier’s UCART19, allowing the company to proceed with clinical development of the allogeneic, gene-edited cellular therapy. Read More »

Mylan gains FDA approval for generic Pristiq in extended-release form

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 15, 2017
Sales of the tablets in both dosages in the U.S. drew approximately $853 million for the 12-month period ending on Jan. 31.

Mylan N.V. recently launched its Desvenlafaxine extended-release tablets, a generic version of Pfizer’s Pristiq tablets, to treat major depressive disorder in the U.S. market in 50 and 100 mg doses. Read More »

JAMA Cardiology publishes findings from Amgen's 4-year study of Repatha

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 15, 2017
The OSLER-1 open-label extension study involved 1,324 patients.

The results from Amgen’s four-year follow up OSLER-1 study on Repatha, which is so far the longest PCSK9 inhibitor clinical trial, were recently published in JAMA Cardiology. Read More »

Acorda’s AMPYRA patents upheld by federal officials

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 15, 2017
Acorda is awaiting the results of a challenge to these patents.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trials and Appeal Board recently upheld four patents held by Acorda Therapeutics Inc. related to its AMPYRA (dalfampridine) Extended Release Tablets in 10 mg dosages. Read More »

FDA accepts Allergan filing for schizophrenia maintenance treatment drug

American Pharmacy News Reports | Mar 15, 2017
The multinational study was randomized, double blind and placebo-controlled and featured parallel groups.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted Allergan PLC's filing of a supplemental New Drug Application based on new clinical data that would allow the company to list maintenance on its product label for VRAYLAR (cariprazine), a drug used to treat adults with schizophrenia. Read More »

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