Tag Archive for: New Drug Application

Yesterday Applied Therapeutics announced that the FDA is extending the review period for its investigational aldose reductase inhibitor govorestat for the treatment of classic galactosemia. The biotech now expects a verdict by Nov. 28, 2024.

On Friday the agency approved a label expansion for Wegovy based on a supplemental New Drug Application for the indication of reducing risks of major adverse cardiovascular events including cardiovascular death, non-fatal heart attack (myocardial infarction) or non-fatal stroke in adults with either overweight or obesity and established cardiovascular disease.

After VX-548 demonstrated significant pain relief in surgical and non-surgical settings, Vertex Pharmaceuticals is preparing to file a New Drug Application for the non-opioid candidate by mid-2024.

In a watershed U.S. regulatory milestone, the MAPS Public Benefit Corporation announced Tuesday that it has submitted a New Drug Application to the FDA for an investigational MDMA-assisted therapy for individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Aldeyra Therapeutics is planning to run another trial, in line with the regulator’s requirements, and is expecting top-line data and a New Drug Application resubmission in the first half of 2024.

In a late-stage study, most Huntington’s disease patients reported that their symptoms of chorea were “much improved” or “very much improved” following treatment with Neurocrine Biosciences’ VMAT2 inhibitor Ingrezza.

The label for the achondroplasia drug, which promotes endochondral bone growth, now covers children under five years of age with the rare genetic disease causing the most common form of dwarfism.

This follows a late-cycle review meeting in which the regulator flagged “substantive review issues” with the New Drug Application (NDA). The FDA pointed out to Aldeyra that it does not appear to “have data to support the clinical relevance of the ocular signs to support your dry eye indication,” according to the company’s SEC filing.

The FDA will finish September with three action dates and one of the year’s most highly-anticipated advisory committee meetings.

This week, GSK is expecting a verdict for its myelofibrosis candidate momelotinib and Alnylam will make the case for patisiran in cardiomyopathy of ATTR amyloidosis.