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FDA Approves Basilea’s ZEVTERA® for Severe Bacterial Infections, Including Pediatric Use

(IN BRIEF) Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for…

1 month ago

Borealis Achieves FDA Approval for Borcycle™ M Post-Consumer Recycled Plastics in Food-Grade Packaging

(IN BRIEF) Borealis has received Letters of No Objection (LNOs) from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for specific…

1 month ago

FDA Gives Nod to Fresenius Kabi’s Tyenne®: A Dual-Format Tocilizumab Biosimilar Advancement

(IN BRIEF) Fresenius Kabi announces FDA approval of Tyenne® (tocilizumab-aazg), the first tocilizumab biosimilar offering both IV and subcutaneous formulations.…

2 months ago

What’s new in cancer care across Europe in early 2024 (1 Jan – 5 Mar 2024): Advancements, Innovations, Research, Awareness

(IN BRIEF) In early 2024, Europe's medical and research communities announced major breakthroughs in cancer care, highlighting new treatments like…

2 months ago

FDA Approves AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso Plus Chemotherapy for EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancer

(IN BRIEF) AstraZeneca's Tagrisso receives FDA approval for treating adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung…

3 months ago

Cancer Treatment Advances: FDA Recognizes Breakthrough Potential of BNT323/DB-1303 for Endometrial Cancer

(IN BRIEF) BioNTech and Duality Biologics have received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the FDA for their antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidate,…

5 months ago

Roche’s Elecsys NfL Test for Multiple Sclerosis Earns Breakthrough Device Designation from FDA

(IN BRIEF) Roche, a leading healthcare company, has announced that its Elecsys Neurofilament Light Chain (NfL) test for Multiple Sclerosis…

6 months ago

Sanofi’s ALTUVIIIO Granted Marketing Authorization in Japan for Hemophilia A Treatment

(IN BRIEF) The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) has granted marketing authorization for ALTUVIIIO, a novel factor…

7 months ago

FDA Accepts AstraZeneca’s NDA for Capivasertib Combination Therapy in Advanced Breast Cancer

(IN BRIEF) AstraZeneca's new drug application (NDA) for capivasertib, in combination with Faslodex, has been accepted and granted Priority Review…

11 months ago

La BEI investe in un’azienda irlandese di dispositivi medici per un dispositivo per il trattamento dell’acufene

(NOTIZIA IN BREVE) La Banca europea per gli investimenti (BEI) ha investito 15 milioni di euro in Neuromod Devices Ltd…

1 year ago

EIB invests in Irish medical device company for tinnitus treatment device

(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has invested €15 million in Neuromod Devices Ltd to support the commercialization of…

1 year ago

Roche Diagnostics: Globally, up to 75 percent of people living with Alzheimer’s disease have not been diagnosed

The company announces FDA clearance for its Alzheimer’s disease Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) assays The Elecsys® Alzheimer’s disease (AD) CSF assays will…

1 year ago

Roche Diagnostics: a nivel mundial, hasta el 75 por ciento de las personas que viven con la enfermedad de Alzheimer no han sido diagnosticadas

La compañía anuncia la aprobación de la FDA para sus ensayos de líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) para la enfermedad de Alzheimer…

1 year ago

Roche announces a regulatory milestone for its cobas SARS-CoV-2 Qualitative PCR test for use on the fully automated cobas 6800 and 8800 analyzer systems

The cobas SARS-CoV-2 Qualitative test is one of the first COVID-19 PCR tests performed on an automated, high throughput platform to receive FDA 510(k)…

2 years ago

More markets around the world approve the Chr. Hansen’s Human Milk Oligosaccharides for infant formula

(PRESS RELEASE) HOERSHOLM, Denmark, 12-Sep-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CPH: CHR), a Danish bioscience company that develops…

2 years ago

GlaxoSmithKline: US FDA regulatory submission acceptance of New Drug Application for daprodustat, an oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 19-Apr-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON: GSK), a British multinational science-led healthcare company, has announced the…

2 years ago

Roche on Tecentriq’s US FDA Priority Review grant: New treatment options are urgently needed in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

Application is being reviewed under the US FDA’s Real-Time Oncology Review pilot programme Based on results of the Phase III IMpower010…

3 years ago

The only new medicine in over a decade for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus gets Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval

(PRESS RELEASE) CAMBRIDGE, 2-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca (LON: AZN), a British-Swedish science-led biopharmaceutical company, has announced that its Saphnelo…

3 years ago

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative: first all-oral treatment for Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) gets US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 20-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi (EPA: SAN), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health, has announced…

3 years ago

Aimmune Therapeutics now a Nestlé Health Science company

(PRESS RELEASE) VEVEY, 14-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Nestlé has successfully closed the acquisition of biopharmaceutical company, Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:…

4 years ago

Roche unveils new Anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology test to quantitatively measure antibodies in people exposed to SARS-CoV-2

The new Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S test can quantitatively measure the level of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in patients who have been…

4 years ago

Rare disease: Enhertu of AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo now with Orphan Drug Designation in the US for treatment of gastric cancer

(PRESS RELEASE) CAMBRIDGE, 22-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Enhertu, jointly developed by British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the…

4 years ago

SGS unveils test method to identify nitrosamine impurities in drug products, raw materials and APIs

(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 26-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Inspection, verification, testing and certification company SGS announced it has developed a test…

4 years ago

EMA announces the appointment of Dr Hilmar Hamann as Head of the Information Management Division

(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 16-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Medicines Agency (EMA) appoints Dr Hilmar Hamann as Head of the…

4 years ago

SGS provides latest unsafe product notifications to retailers and manufacturers with the launch of new digital platform

(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 12-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS launches its new ‘Product Recalls’ digital platform. It is an online database…

5 years ago

PDA Explores the Transformation of Healthcare at 4th Annual European Meeting

EMA, MHRA and FDA among regulatory agencies participating (PRESS RELEASE) BERLIN, 10-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA)…

5 years ago

Roche’s Tecentriq in combination with Avastin receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation as initial treatment for advanced or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma

BASEL, 18-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

6 years ago

Shire: U.S. FDA approval makes CINRYZE® available to help prevent angioedema attacks in children with hereditary angioedema

CINRYZE is the first and only therapy indicated in the U.S. to help prevent angioedema attacks in pediatric patients with…

6 years ago

EMA, PMDA and the FDA host a workshop to discuss the development of antibiotics for children, London on 21-22 June 2018

Workshop with regulators from EU, Japan and US open for registration LONDON, 28-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Medicines Agency (EMA),…

6 years ago

Novartis: Today’s FDA approval of Kymriah provides another opportunity for Novartis to build on its leadership in CAR-T development

Kymriah demonstrated an overall response rate of 50%, with median duration of response not yet reached at the time of…

6 years ago

FDA Approves Roche’s TECENTRIQ as initial treatment for certain advanced bladder cancer patients

First and only cancer immunotherapy approved in advanced bladder cancer as initial treatment for those unable to receive cisplatin chemotherapy…

7 years ago

Roche’s Marketing Authorisation Application and Biologics License Application for OCREVUS accepted by EMA and FDA

OCREVUS is the first investigational medicine seeking marketing authorisation for both relapsing and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) FDA grants…

8 years ago

AstraZeneca announces that FDA accepted sNDA and granted Priority Review for BRILINTA® (ticagrelor) for patients with history of heart attack

LONDON, 4-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a supplemental…

9 years ago

Novartis: FDA grants priority review designation to investigational medicine for the treatment of heart failure

Decision could speed access to LCZ696 for HFrEF patients in the US, reducing total review time from 12 to 8…

9 years ago

Roche received second Breakthrough Therapy Designation from FDA for its investigational cancer immunotherapy MPDL3280A (anti-PDL1)

Second FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for MPDL3280A following bladder cancer in 2014 BASEL, 3-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Roche (SIX: RO,…

9 years ago

Symplmed Pharmaceuticals announced the FDA approval of Prestalia® for the treatment of hypertension licensed from Servier

Cincinnati, OH, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Symplmed Pharmaceuticals today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Prestalia® (perindopril arginine…

9 years ago

Novartis: FDA granted accelerated approval of Bexsero® for active immunization to prevent invasive meningococcal disease caused by meningitis B

With today's approval, Bexsero is now licensed in 37 countries; since first approval in Europe, over 1 million doses have…

9 years ago