Valneva

French drugmaker Valneva said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Chikungunya single-dose vaccine in individuals aged 18 and above.

The FDA on Wednesday approved Takeda’s fruquintinib for previously treated adults patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. The oral targeted therapy of the VEGF-1, -2 and -3 receptors will carry the brand name Fruzaqla.

In its second-quarter earnings report for fiscal year 2023, Eisai touted a sharp increase in the number of patients being treated with its Alzheimer’s disease therapy Leqembi (lecanemab).

The FDA on Monday denied approval of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ siRNA therapy Onpattro (patisiran) for the treatment of cardiomyopathy of transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis.

Novartis, California

The FDA on Friday approved an intravenous formulation of Novartis’ IL-17A antagonist Cosentyx (secukinumab) for the treatment of rheumatic diseases.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it is still not satisfied with how Dutch healthcare technology company Philips has handled a major product recall and the company should conduct additional risk testing.

FDA

The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on two of Innate Pharma’s trials assessing its investigational antibody lacutamab following one patient death, the company announced Thursday

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Around 4 million Americans received the updated COVID-19 shots in September, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), even as some people have found it difficult to book vaccination appointments or find the vaccines at no cost.

The U.S. government will stop distributing free doses of Merck & Co.’s COVID-19 antiviral treatment molnupiravir by the middle of next month and expects it to be sold on the commercial market instead.

FDA

Amgen’s regulatory ambitions for its non-small cell lung cancer drug Lumakras (sotorasib) ran into headwinds Tuesday, after FDA staff indicated in their briefing document that there might not be sufficient evidence of its efficacy to justify full approval.