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  • USFDA approves Pfizer’s BEQVEZ

    BEQVEZ is a one-time treatment that is designed to enable people living with hemophilia B to produce FIX themselves rather than the current standard of care, which requires regular intravenous infusions of FIX that are often administered multiple times a week or multiple times a month.
  • Novartis radioligand therapy Lutathera FDA approved as first medicine specifically for pediatric patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
    Lutathera is now the very first therapy approved specifically for children with GEP-NETs, offering new hope to young patients living with this rare cancer.
  • FDA approves alectinib as adjuvant treatment for ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer

    The Food and Drug Administration approved alectinib (Alecensa, Genentech, Inc.) for adjuvant treatment following tumor resection in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as detected by an FDA-approved test.

  • FDA establishes CDER Center for Clinical Trial Innovation (C3TI)

    FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) announced the launch of the CDER Center for Clinical Trial Innovation (C3TI). C3TI’s mission is to promote CDER clinical trial innovation activities through enhanced communication and collaboration, both internally within CDER and externally.

  • GSK’s 5-in-1 meningococcal ABCWY vaccine candidate accepted for regulatory review by USFDA

    GSK plc announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a Biologics License Application (BLA) for its 5-in-1 meningococcal ABCWY (MenABCWY) vaccine candidate. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date for a regulatory decision by the US FDA on this application is 14 February 2025.

  • Strides receives USFDA approval for Fluoxetine Tabs 10 mg and 20 mg

    Strides Pharma Science Limited (Strides) today announced that its step‐ down wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global Pte. Limited, Singapore, has received approval for Fluoxetine Tabs 10 mg and 20 mg, from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA).

    The product is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the Reference Listed Drug (RLD) Prozac® Tablets of Eli Lilly.

  • Basilea announces USFDA approval of antibiotic ceftobiprole medocaril for three indications

    Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to meeting the needs of patients with severe bacterial and fungal infections, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ZEVTERA® (ceftobiprole medocaril sodium for injection), for the treatment of adult patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (bacteremia) (SAB), including those with right-sided infective endocarditis, and adult patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) and for adult and pediatric patients (3 mo

  • Vanda Pharmaceuticals' Fanapt receives USFDA approval for the Acute Treatment of Bipolar I Disorder

    Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Vanda) (Nasdaq: VNDA) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Fanapt® (iloperidone) tablets for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adults. Fanapt® is an atypical antipsychotic agent that has been used for the acute treatment of patients with schizophrenia since its FDA approval in 2009.

  • FDA approves Merck’s WINREVAIR

    Merck known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved sotatercept-csrk (U.S. Brand Name: WINREVAIR, for injection, 45mg, 60mg) for the treatment of adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, World Health Organization [WHO] Group 1) to increase exercise capacity, improve WHO functional class (FC), and reduce the risk of clinical worsening events. WINREVAIR was previously granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the FDA.

  • Akebia receives FDA approval of Vafseo (vadadustat) Tablets for the Treatment of Anemia due to Chronic Kidney Disease

    Akebia Therapeutics, Inc a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vafseo® (vadadustat) Tablets for the treatment of anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults who have been receiving dialysis for at least three months.

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