BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted for Priority Review the Biologics License Application to the FDA for the company’s investigational AAV5 gene therapy, valoctocogene roxaparvovec, for adults with hemophilia A.

Roche Group member Genentech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted the company’s supplemental Biologics License Application and granted Priority Review for Tecentriq (atezolizumab) as a first-line monotherapy for people with advanced non-squamous and squamous non-small cell lung cancer without EGFR or ALK mutations with high PD-L1 expression, as determined by PD-L1 biomarker testing.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Spain-based PharmaMar’s New Drug Application for lurbinectedin under Priority Review.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Priority Review to Deciphera Pharmaceuticals’ ripretinib as an investigational treatment for advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).

Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the U.S. FDA accepted for Priority Review the company’s NDA for oral C-DEC (cedazuridine and decitabine) as a treatment for adults with previously untreated intermediate- and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes, including chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.

Novartis won fast-track U.S. regulatory review for capmatinib (INC280) in a hard-to-treat form of lung cancer, the Swiss drugmaker said on Tuesday.

Emeryville, California-based Zogenix announced positive topline data from the company’s Phase III trial of Fintepla (fenfluramine) in Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.

Genentech’s Risdiplam showed significant improvement in motor function in people aged 2-25 who have been diagnosed with Type 2 or 3 spinal muscular atrophy.

Although January 2020 was a fairly slow month for PDUFA dates for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, February has a stronger schedule.

Bristol-Myers Squibb withdrew the company’s application in the European Union for the combination of Opdivo and Yervoy for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) based on data from CheckMate -227.