Febrile neutropenia

Orchard Therapeutics Receives FDA Approval of Lenmeldy™ (atidarsagene autotemcel), the Only Therapy for Eligible Children with Early-onset Metachromatic Leukodystrophy in the U.S.

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Monday, March 18, 2024

“MLD is a rapidly progressing, life-limiting and ultimately fatal rare disease that has a devastating impact on afflicted children and their families.

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  • “MLD is a rapidly progressing, life-limiting and ultimately fatal rare disease that has a devastating impact on afflicted children and their families.
  • This achievement is the culmination of decades of research and development in partnership with our academic and clinical collaborators at the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy.
  • It was previously given both Rare Pediatric Disease (RPD) and Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designations from FDA.
  • Orchard Therapeutics will provide more details about the launch of Lenmeldy in the U.S. through a separate announcement this week.

Coherus Announces U.S. Launch of UDENYCA ONBODY™ a Novel and Proprietary State-of-the-Art Delivery System for pegfilgrastim-cbqv

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (Coherus, NASDAQ: CHRS) today announced the launch of UDENYCA ONBODY™, the company's on-body injector (OBI) presentation of UDENYCA® (pegfilgrastim-cbqv), is successfully underway, with a broad distribution of accounts nationwide ordering this innovative device, and patients now accessing its benefits. UDENYCA is a pegfilgrastim biosimilar administered the day after chemotherapy to decrease the incidence of infection as manifested by febrile neutropenia.

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  • UDENYCA is a pegfilgrastim biosimilar administered the day after chemotherapy to decrease the incidence of infection as manifested by febrile neutropenia.
  • “The ONBODY device is the third presentation in the UDENYCA franchise, which also includes a prefilled syringe and autoinjector.
  • Where a cancer diagnosis takes empowerment away from patients, UDENYCA gives it back.”
    UDENYCA ONBODY is available through existing full-line and specialty distributors.
  • More details regarding UDENYCA ONBODY, including video instructions for ONBODY preparation and application, can be found at https://udenyca.com/hcp/onbody/ .

First product based on LTS Sorrel™ wearable drug delivery platform launched in the US

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

ANDERNACH, Germany, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LTS LOHMANN Therapie-Systeme AG ("LTS"), a leading pharmaceutical technology company, announced today that its customer Coherus BioSciences, Inc ("Coherus") has launched its UDENYCA® on-body injector (OBI) utilizing the LTS Sorrel™ wearable drug delivery platform.)

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  • ANDERNACH, Germany, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LTS LOHMANN Therapie-Systeme AG ("LTS"), a leading pharmaceutical technology company, announced today that its customer Coherus BioSciences, Inc ("Coherus") has launched its UDENYCA® on-body injector (OBI) utilizing the LTS Sorrel™ wearable drug delivery platform.)
  • The UDENYCA® OBI has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 2024.
  • Coherus and LTS have been working in partnership to receive approval for the delivery of Udenyca® OBI.
  • "The approval by the U.S. FDA was a clear vote of confidence and an important milestone for the Sorrel™ platform.

First product based on LTS Sorrel™ wearable drug delivery platform launched in the US

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

ANDERNACH, Germany, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LTS LOHMANN Therapie-Systeme AG ("LTS"), a leading pharmaceutical technology company, announced today that its customer Coherus BioSciences, Inc ("Coherus") has launched its UDENYCA® on-body injector (OBI) utilizing the LTS Sorrel™ wearable drug delivery platform.)

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  • ANDERNACH, Germany, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LTS LOHMANN Therapie-Systeme AG ("LTS"), a leading pharmaceutical technology company, announced today that its customer Coherus BioSciences, Inc ("Coherus") has launched its UDENYCA® on-body injector (OBI) utilizing the LTS Sorrel™ wearable drug delivery platform.)
  • The UDENYCA® OBI has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 2024.
  • Coherus and LTS have been working in partnership to receive approval for the delivery of Udenyca® OBI.
  • "The approval by the U.S. FDA was a clear vote of confidence and an important milestone for the Sorrel™ platform.

FDA Approves First Cellular Therapy to Treat Patients with Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma

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Friday, February 16, 2024

"Unresectable or metastatic melanoma is an aggressive form of cancer that can be fatal," said Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER).

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  • "Unresectable or metastatic melanoma is an aggressive form of cancer that can be fatal," said Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER).
  • Melanoma can spread to other parts of the body if not detected and treated early, resulting in metastatic disease.
  • Treatment for unresectable or metastatic melanoma may include immunotherapy using PD-1 inhibitors, which are antibodies targeting certain proteins in the body to help the immune system fight off cancer cells.
  • Those patients whose melanoma has progressed with these therapies have a high unmet medical need.

Meeting highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) 22-25 January 2024

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Sunday, February 4, 2024

Three new medicines recommended for approvalEMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended three medicines for approval at its January 2024 meeting.The committee recommended…, Positive recommendations on new medicines, Exblifep International non-proprietary name (INN)cefepime / enmetazobactam Marketing-authorisation applicantAdvanz Pharma LimitedTherapeutic indicationTreatment of: 1)…, Ryzneuta INNefbemalenograstim alfaMarketing-authorisation applicantEvive Biotechnology Ireland LimitedTherapeutic indicationReduction in the duration of neutropenia and…, Positive recommendations on new generic medicines, Niapelf INNpaliperidoneMarketing-authorisation applicantNeuraxpharm Pharmaceuticals S.L.Therapeutic indicationTreatment of schizophreniaMore informationNiapelf: Pending…, Negative recommendations on new medicines, Nezglyal INNleriglitazoneMarketing-authorisation applicantMinoryx Therapeutics S.L.Therapeutic indicationTreatment of cerebral progression and myelopathy in male…, Syfovre INNpegcetacoplanMarketing-authorisation applicantApellis Netherlands B.V.Therapeutic indicationTreatment of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related…, Positive recommendations on extensions of indications, Abecma INNidecabtagene vicleucel Marketing-authorisation holderBristol-Myers Squibb Pharma EEIGMore informationAbecma: Pending EC decision, Prevenar 20 (previously Apexxnar) Common namepneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine (20-valent, adsorbed)Marketing-authorisation holderPfizer Europe MA EEIGMore…, Aspaveli INNpegcetacoplanMarketing-authorisation holderSwedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ)More informationAspaveli: Pending EC decision, Retsevmo INNselpercatinibMarketing-authorisation holderEli Lilly Nederland B.V.More informationRetsevmo: Pending EC decision, Outcome of re-examination of recommendation on non-renewal of Conditional Marketing Authorisation, Translarna INNataluren Marketing-authorisation holderPTC Therapeutics International LimitedNewsEMA confirms recommendation for non-renewal of authorisation of Duchenne…, Outcome of referral, Pseudoephedrine Marketing-authorisation holderVarious companiesMore informationPseudoephedrine-containing medicinal products, Re-examination of conclusion of referral, Synapse Labs Pvt.

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  • Three new medicines recommended for approvalEMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended three medicines for approval at its January 2024 meeting.The committee recommended…, Positive recommendations on new medicines, Exblifep International non-proprietary name (INN)cefepime / enmetazobactam Marketing-authorisation applicantAdvanz Pharma LimitedTherapeutic indicationTreatment of: 1)…, Ryzneuta INNefbemalenograstim alfaMarketing-authorisation applicantEvive Biotechnology Ireland LimitedTherapeutic indicationReduction in the duration of neutropenia and…, Positive recommendations on new generic medicines, Niapelf INNpaliperidoneMarketing-authorisation applicantNeuraxpharm Pharmaceuticals S.L.Therapeutic indicationTreatment of schizophreniaMore informationNiapelf: Pending…, Negative recommendations on new medicines, Nezglyal INNleriglitazoneMarketing-authorisation applicantMinoryx Therapeutics S.L.Therapeutic indicationTreatment of cerebral progression and myelopathy in male…, Syfovre INNpegcetacoplanMarketing-authorisation applicantApellis Netherlands B.V.Therapeutic indicationTreatment of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related…, Positive recommendations on extensions of indications, Abecma INNidecabtagene vicleucel Marketing-authorisation holderBristol-Myers Squibb Pharma EEIGMore informationAbecma: Pending EC decision, Prevenar 20 (previously Apexxnar) Common namepneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine (20-valent, adsorbed)Marketing-authorisation holderPfizer Europe MA EEIGMore…, Aspaveli INNpegcetacoplanMarketing-authorisation holderSwedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ)More informationAspaveli: Pending EC decision, Retsevmo INNselpercatinibMarketing-authorisation holderEli Lilly Nederland B.V.More informationRetsevmo: Pending EC decision, Outcome of re-examination of recommendation on non-renewal of Conditional Marketing Authorisation, Translarna INNataluren Marketing-authorisation holderPTC Therapeutics International LimitedNewsEMA confirms recommendation for non-renewal of authorisation of Duchenne…, Outcome of referral, Pseudoephedrine Marketing-authorisation holderVarious companiesMore informationPseudoephedrine-containing medicinal products, Re-examination of conclusion of referral, Synapse Labs Pvt.
  • Ltd. Marketing-authorisation holderVarious companiesMore informationSynapse

Moleculin Announces 2023 Year-End Annamycin Clinical Trials Preliminary Data and 2024 Expectations for Multiple Data Readouts and Transition to Pivotal Phase 2B/3

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

"Over the course of 2023, we delivered on our promise for a year of important data from our Annamycin clinical development programs.

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  • "Over the course of 2023, we delivered on our promise for a year of important data from our Annamycin clinical development programs.
  • We are well-positioned to continue building upon our encouraging growing body of preliminary clinical data and transition to pivotal Phase 2B/3 clinical trials by year-end 2024.
  • With our recent financing in December 2023, we have extended our runway into the fourth quarter of 2024, as well.
  • WP1122 successfully completed a Phase 1 clinical trial, which established a recommended safe dose for future potential Phase 1B or Phase 2 clinical trials.

Cellectar Biosciences Announces Positive Topline Data Achieving Primary Endpoint in Pivotal Clinical Study of Iopofosine I 131 in Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia

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Monday, January 8, 2024

The CLOVER WaM study met its primary endpoint with a major response rate (MRR) of 61% (95% confidence interval [44.50%, 75.80%, two-sided p value

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  • The CLOVER WaM study met its primary endpoint with a major response rate (MRR) of 61% (95% confidence interval [44.50%, 75.80%, two-sided p value
  • Notably, iopofosine monotherapy achieved an 8% stringent complete remission (sCR) in this highly refractory WM population.
  • “The results from this pivotal study utilizing just four doses of iopofosine monotherapy in heavily pretreated patients are very compelling, demonstrating deep and durable remissions.
  • “Iopofosine’s high major response rate and achievement of the study’s primary endpoint in highly refractory, Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia patients exhibits its potentially practice-changing clinical profile.

Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Columvi, glofitamab, Date of authorisation: 07/07/2023, Revision: 1, Status: Authorised

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Friday, January 5, 2024

Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Columvi, glofitamab, Date of authorisation: 07/07/2023, Revision: 1, Status: Authorised

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Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Columvi, glofitamab, Date of authorisation: 07/07/2023, Revision: 1, Status: Authorised

Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Fulphila, pegfilgrastim, Date of authorisation: 20/11/2018, Revision: 12, Status: Authorised

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Fulphila, pegfilgrastim, Date of authorisation: 20/11/2018, Revision: 12, Status: Authorised

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Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Fulphila, pegfilgrastim, Date of authorisation: 20/11/2018, Revision: 12, Status: Authorised