H. Lundbeck A/S won U.S. FDA marketing clearance for the first intravenous medication approved for the preventative treatment of migraine.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Michigan-based Esperion’s oral, once-daily, non-statin LDL-cholesterol lowering medicine Nexletol (bempedoic acid).
Seqirus snagged U.S. FDA approval for Fluad Quadrivalent, the first quadrivalent adjuvanted influenza vaccine developed to help protect adults 65 years and older against seasonal influenza.
Epizyme’s oral potent, first-in-class EZH2 inhibitor tazemetostat won accelerated approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of adults and pediatric patients aged 16 years and older with metastatic or locally advanced epithelioid sarcoma not eligible for complete resection.
ChemoCentryx and VFMCRP announced that the companies’ pivotal Phase III ADVOCATE clinical trial of avacopan for ANCA-associated vasculitis hit the study’s primary endpoints.
Genentech’s flu medication Xofluza won a new indication for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated influenza in people 12 years of age and older who have been symptomatic for less than 48 hours and are at high risk of flu-related complications.
Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. will eliminate 70 jobs while undergoing a restructuring to extend the company’s cash runway.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the thumbs-up to Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev (nintedanib) for systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease.
Harmony Biosciences snagged approval from the U.S. FDA for the company’s first commercial product, a treatment for narcolepsy.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc announced the acquisition of clinical-stage biotechnology company Cavion Inc. through a merger with a Jazz subsidiary.
