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Apollo Endosurgery comments on intragastric balloon safety

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 22, 2017
Apollo markets an intragastric balloon system called Orbera.

Apollo Endosurgery Inc. recently announced an update and clarifications to a letter sent by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to health care providers about potential risks with liquid-filled intragastric balloons. Read More »

FDA approves Arcadia Biosciences' Sonova GLA for pet food

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 22, 2017
Arcadia will sell SONOVA GLA safflower oil to pet nutrition companies.

Arcadia Biosciences Inc., an agricultural technology company, recently received FDA approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the use of its safflower oil in dog diets. Read More »

Regeneron's Phase 3 study for suptavumab fails to meet objectives

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 22, 2017
The study hoped to show the drug could prevent medically attended RSV infections in infants.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently announced that a Phase 3 study evaluating suptavumab (REGN2222), an antibody to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), failed to meet its primary endpoint. Read More »

Gilead earns FDA priority review status for trial HIV medication

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 21, 2017
Over 10 million individuals living with HIV are estimated to be receiving antiretroviral treatment.

Achieving U.S. Food and Drug Administration priority review status for its New Drug Application, Gilead Sciences Inc. recently made strides towards realizing an investigational, fixed-dose product combining several drugs to address HIV-1 infection. Read More »

Imprimis Pharmaceuticals responds to FDA MedWatch notice

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 17, 2017
Imprimis has safely dispensed the referenced curcumin emulsion over 30,000 times without incident.

Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently released a statement after the MedWatch notification put forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

FDA approves AbbVie's HCV infection drug Mavyret

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 17, 2017
AbbVie noted that around 3.4 million Americans are chronically infected with HCV.

AbbVie's once-daily treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, Mavyret, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

La Jolla Pharmaceutical initiates EAP for investigation drug

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 17, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration facilitates EAPs to help expedite investigational medicines.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co. recently initiated an expanded access program (EAP) in the United States for its investigational drug LJPC-501. Read More »

FDA grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to lymphoma drug

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 16, 2017
The designation will help expedite the development and regulatory review.

AstraZeneca and Acerta Pharma's treatment for patients with mantle cell lymphoma who have received at least one prior therapy was granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

Pfizer's psoriatic arthritis treatment clears advisory committee

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 16, 2017
Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory disease.

Pfizer Inc.'s proposed dose of tofacitinib for the treatment of adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis received recommendation for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Arthritis Advisory Committee via a 10-1 vote. Read More »

FDA grants interim approval for Mylan’s TLD formulation

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 16, 2017
Mylan's TLD formulation is the first fixed-dose combination of its type to be distributed specifically for HIV/AIDS.

International pharmaceutical provider Mylan recently obtained what it called tentative approval of its New Drug Application for an antiretroviral formula to circulate as a preferred treatment for HIV/AIDS patients in developing nations. Read More »

Moleculin Biotech comments on FDA approvals for AML drugs

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 15, 2017
Moleculin Biotech specializes in developing anti-cancer drug candidates.

Moleculin Biotech Inc. recently released comments regarding recent FDA approvals for new drugs that treat acute myeloid leukemia. Read More »

Radicava attains FDA approval for ALS treatment

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 15, 2017
Service care specialists are available to assist patients in finding the closest infusion facility.

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America Inc. of New Jersey has reported that Radicava (edaravone), an intravenous therapy for adults with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is now available in the U.S. Read More »

FDA approves Genentech’s Zelboraf for rare blood disease

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 15, 2017
Officials noted that the method is especially useful for work with rare diseases.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently accepted Genentech’s supplemental New Drug Application for Zelboraf (vemurafenib) — including breakthrough therapy designation — to address a form of Erdheim-Chester disease, a rare blood disorder. Read More »

FDA approves Mavyret for hepatitis C virus

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 15, 2017
Previously, the course of hepatitis C virus therapy lasted at least 12 weeks.

The first eight-week medication cycle for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) recently earned approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the form of Mavyret (glecaprevir and pibrentasvir), shortening treatment duration by one-third. Read More »

Impax Labs settles with parties on Opana ER rights

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 14, 2017
Impax Laboratories, Endo International and Penwest Pharmaceuticals recently revealed a mutual settlement agreement.

Resolving a contractual dispute dating to 2010 regarding three-way collaboration on Opana ER tablets — between Impax Laboratories, Endo International plc and Penwest Pharmaceuticals — Impax recently revealed a mutual settlement agreement from its Hayward, California hub. Read More »

Teva’s unique asthma inhaler gains FDA approval

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 14, 2017
Research has shown that approximately three-quarters of patients experience difficulty with MDI inhaler use.

An innovative new asthma treatment from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. recently gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, permitting the breath-activated inhaler to enter the market as a prophylactic maintenance medication. Read More »

Opiant obtains ‘Orange Book’ approval for Narcan Nasal Spray

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 14, 2017
Opiant’s formulation attained FDA approval in January.

Making progress in the fight against opioid abuse, California-based Opiant Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently obtained a U.S. patent for its 2mg formula of Narcan Nasal Spray and product inclusion in U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s listings. Read More »

Epclusa now approved to treat HCV/HIV co-infections

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 11, 2017
Gilead first received regulatory approval for Epclusa in June 2016.

Gilead Sciences Inc.'s updated labeling for Epclusa has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

Thermo Fisher Scientific's new opioid treatment gains 501(k) clearance

Mark Iandolo | Aug 11, 2017
Buprenorphine can be a more practical and often more effective alternative to methadone in treating opioid addiction.

Thermo Fisher Scientific recently received U.S. Food and Drug Administation 510(k) clearance for the company’s new immunoassay for the specific detection of buprenorphine and its three major metabolites. Read More »

Amgen and Allergan submit biosimilar candidate for Herceptin

American Pharmacy News Reports | Aug 10, 2017
Allergan and Amgen are collaborating on four oncology biosimilars.

Amgen and Allergan submitted a Biologics License Application for ABP 980, a biosimilar candidate to Herceptin, to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

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