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FDA accepts Amgen’s BLA for Aimovig (erenumab)

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 31, 2017
kind, according to the company: a monoclonal antibody that inhibits the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor.  Data was gleaned from studies involving over 2,600 patients.

California-based Amgen recently obtained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acceptance of its Biologics License Application (BLA) for Aimovig (erenumab), a product developed specifically to help victims of frequent migraine headaches. Read More »

FDA clears first neonatal MRI device

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 31, 2017
The Embrace Neonatal MRI System is designed specifically for imaging of the neonatal head.

To better tend babies in the nation’s neonatal intensive care units, the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device designed for newborns recently garnered U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval following thorough safety confirmation. Read More »

FDA approves Sanofi's Kevzara for rheumatoid arthritis treatment

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 30, 2017
Sanofi's CEO said rheumatoid arthritis patients continue to need new treatment options.

Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently announced that Kevzara (sarilumab), a treatment for adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have not responded well to one or more disease modifying antirheumatic drugs, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

Sun Pharmaceuticals moves ahead with psoriasis-treating drug

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 28, 2017
Sun Pharmaceutical’s BLA filing for the drug comes after two Phase III trials.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.'s Biologics License Application for tildrakizumab has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

Committee OKs proposed anemia drug from Pfizer

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 28, 2017
Pfizer is seeking FDA approval for the drug to treat anemia stemming from a variety of issues.

Pfizer Inc.'s proposed epoetin alfa biosimilar has been recommended for approval across all indications by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee. Read More »

Novartis receives expanded approval for lymphoma drug

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 26, 2017
In 2017, Zykadia was granted breakthrough designation by the FDA.

Novartis' Zykadia, a treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors are anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive, has been approved for expanded use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

Arcadia water-use efficiency trait passes early FDA assessment

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 26, 2017
Water-use efficiency refers to the ratio of water metabolized by a plant to the water lost by a plant.

Agricultural technology firm Arcadia Biosciences Inc. has successfully attained an Early Food Safety Evaluation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration determining that its functional protein product is safe for humans and animals. Read More »

Vosevi gains FDA approval as chronic hepatitis C drug

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 25, 2017
Studies found that 96 percent of the patients treated reached an undetectable viral load 12 weeks after therapy was completed.

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients have a new treatment option with the approval of Vosevi (sofosbuvir 400 mg/velpatasvir 100 mg/voxilaprevir 100 mg) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

Principia Biopharma’s PRN1008 gains FDA orphan drug status

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 25, 2017
Pemphigus vulgaris impacts approximately 40,000 individuals nationwide.

PRN1008 — acting as a reversible covalent Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) inhibitor — has attained orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating pemphigus vulgaris, its producer Principia Biopharma Inc. announced recently. Read More »

FDA approves Lannett's Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride Syrup

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 22, 2017
Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride Syrup acts as an antihistamine.

Lannett Company Inc. of Philadelphia recently obtained and subsequently announced FDA approval of its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride Syrup (Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride Oral Solution, USP) in 2 mg/5 mL dosage form. Read More »

Novoteris receives FDA approval to begin cystic fibrosis treatment

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 22, 2017
Novoteris is now recruiting subjects for the Phase 2 trial in cystic fibrosis research.

Novoteris LLC's Phase 2 clinical trial application for inhaled nitric oxide as a treatment for cystic fibrosis has been approved by both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Therapeutic Products Directorate of Health Canada. Read More »

FDA reviews Pfizer's application for Sutent

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 22, 2017
Pfizer noted that a Type II Variation application for Sutent in the same patient population has been validated for review by the European Medicines Agency.

Pfizer Inc. recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted the company’s supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Sutent. Read More »

HedgePath Pharma seeks FDA guidance on its SUBA-Cap trial

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 21, 2017
Thirty-seven percent of patients in the Phase 2(b) trial have demonstrated an equal to or greater than 30 percent reduction in target tumor burden.

HedgePath Pharmaceuticals Inc. (HPPI) recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the company’s Type-C Guidance Meeting Request for further guidance on HPPI’s Phase 2(b) clinical trial analyzing SUBA-Itraconazole (SUBA-Cap) oral capsule usage in patients with Basal Cell Carcinoma Nevus Syndrome (BCCNS), also known as Gorlin Syndrome. Read More »

Sunovion’s new drug application for Latuda earns FDA review

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 14, 2017
Sunovion’s application was supported by results from a Phase 3 clinical study involving subjects ages 10 to 17.

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s supplemental New Drug Application for a medication addressing bipolar conditions has won acceptance for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

Endo International offers Opana ER update

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 11, 2017
Endo remains “confident” in data supporting the product’s integrity.

Endo International plc has voluntarily opted to withdraw its Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride extended release) product from the market after an FDA request in June, following a thorough review period and collaboration with the agency. Read More »

Meridian Bioscience releases comments concerning testing with Magellan

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 8, 2017
Both Magellan and Meridian are working with the FDA and Centers for Disease Control.

Meridian Bioscience Inc. released comments on a recent Food and Drug Administration Safety Notification concerning Magellan Diagnostics. Read More »

Benznidazole for Chagas disease gains FDA clearance

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 8, 2017
Chagas disease is caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite and is spread mainly by insects.

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc. of California, specializing in rare and neglected diseases, recently obtained FDA clearance for its oral anti-parasitic medication benznidazole designed to combat Chagas disease, a tropical malady transmitted to humans by insects. Read More »

Agile Therapeutics resubmits application for Twirla contraceptive patch

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 8, 2017
Twirla is an investigational low-dose transdermal patch.

Progressive women's health care company Agile Therapeutics Inc. of Princeton, New Jersey has resubmitted its Twirla hormonal contraceptive patch to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a New Drug Application. Read More »

SteadyMed submits new drug application for Trevyent

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 7, 2017
PatchPump is a disposable drug administration tool that is filled onsite with the manufacturer.

Cardiome Pharma Corp. partner SteadyMed Ltd. has submitted a New Drug Application for Trevyent with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read More »

FDA grants Biohaven's BHV-5000 orphan drug status

American Pharmacy News Reports | Jul 6, 2017
BHV-5000 was licensed to Biohaven from AstraZeneca in late 2016.

New Haven, Connecticut-based Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.’s BHV-5000 compound developed to treat Rett syndrome recently attained orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), its fourth product to achieve the status. Read More »

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