Regulatory

The FDA granted accelerated approval to Elahere in November 2022 for patients with FRα-positive, platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who were previously administered one to three systemic treatment regimens.

In clinical trials, the newly approved Opsynvi led to a greater drop in pulmonary vascular resistance after 16 weeks compared with both tadalafil and macitentan monotherapy.

Duvyzat (givinostat) is histone deacetylase inhibitor that was previously granted priority review, orphan drug designation, and rare pediatric disease designation by the FDA for patients 6 years of age and older with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Valder Curran discusses recent developments with the IRA.

MVR-T3011 IT is in development to treat patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell cancer whose disease progressed following platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one prior line of a PD-1/PD-L1 therapy.

Tryvio (aprocitentan) approved in combination with other antihypertensive drugs to lower hypertension in adults whose blood pressure is not adequately controlled by other therapies.

Expanded indication for Edurant in combination with other antiretroviral therapies includes treatment-naïve children with HIV-1 RNA <100,000 copies/mL aged at least 2 years and weighing between 14 kg and 25 kg.

Label expansion approval for Iclusig (ponatinib) addresses adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Indication of Spevigo (spesolimab-sbzo) expanded for the treatment of generalized pustular psoriasis in patients 12 years of age and older weighing ≥40 kg.

In a unanimous decision, the committee recommended Carvykti based on promising data from the Phase III CARTITUDE-4 study, which showed a positive risk-benefit assessment.

Tevimbra (tislelizumab-jsgr) has been approved as a monotherapy for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who have previously undergone systemic chemotherapy excluding PD-L1 inhibitors.

CAR T-cell therapy Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) approved for adults with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma who were previously administered at least two lines of therapy.

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ Rezdiffra (resmetirom) was granted accelerated approval for the treatment of adult patients with noncirrhotic nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Regeneron’s PCSK9 inhibitor approved to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients 8 years of age and older with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

FDA approves Wegovy (semaglutide) to lower the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in adults with known heart disease and with either obesity or overweight, in addition to a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity.

Because of the unique trial design of the Phase III TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 study, the FDA is seeking additional input regarding the safety and efficacy of donanemab for the treatment of early symptomatic Alzheimer disease.

BeiGene’s Brukinsa is a small molecule Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor indicated as a monotherapy and in combination with other treatments for various B-cell malignancies.

Opdivo (nivolumab) plus cisplatin and gemcitabine was found to improve overall survival and progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Medication is the first tocilizumab biosimilar approved in the US for both IV and subcutaneous use for autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Besponsa (inotuzumab ozogamicin) was initially approved in August 2017 for adults with relapsed or refractory CD22-positive B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The biosimilars Wyost and Jubbonti (denosumab-bddz) were approved as interchangeable products for Prolia and Xgeva for the treatment of osteoporosis, hypercalcemia, and to prevent skeletal-related events associated with bone metastases from solid tumors.

This marks the first time that a hyaluronic acid dermal filler has received FDA approval for temple hollowing.

Letybo (letibotulinumtoxinA-wlbg) is expected to launch in in the United States toward the second half of the year for moderate-to-severe frown (glabellar) lines in adults.

Regulatory action makes Rybrevant plus chemotherapy the first FDA-approved therapy for the first-line treatment of non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.

IDP-023 is a highly potent natural killer cell platform under evaluation for patients with multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Trogarzo (ibalizumab-uiyk) is currently approved in combination with other antiretroviral therapy for heavily treatment-experienced adults with multidrug resistant HIV-1 infection who are failing their current antiretroviral regimen.

NVL-520 is a novel, brain-penetrant, ROS1-selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor under evaluation for patients with metastatic ROS1-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Agency identified several clinical deficiencies in the study, including insufficient evidence for roluperidone in the treatment of the negative symptoms associated with schizophrenia.

The medication already has a black box warning on it, but the AG’s office believes stricter actions should be taken.

The FDA granted Allecra with a five-year marketing exclusivity extension for Exblifep (cefepime/enmetazobactam) through the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now Act.