Karyopharm Therapeutics announced that the U.S. FDA has approved oral XPOVIOTM (selinexor), a nuclear export inhibitor, in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/07/03/1878060/0/en/Karyopharm-Announces-FDA-Approval-of-XPOVIO-selinexor-for-the-Treatment-of-Patients-with-Relapsed-or-Refractory-Multiple-Myeloma.html Alexion’s Soliris received FDA approval for an additional indication last week.  The drug is now approved to treat neuromyelitis optica spectrum[…]

Blueprint Medicines announced it has submitted a NDA to the FDA for avapritinib for the treatment of adult patients with PDGFRA Exon 18 mutant gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), regardless of prior therapy, and fourth-line GIST.  https://www.drugs.com/nda/avapritinib_190614.html?utm_source=ddc&utm The FDA announced that generic drug applicants will now have access to more information from the agency when deciding[…]

bluebird bio announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorization for ZYNTEGLO™ (autologous CD34+ cells encoding βA-T87Q-globin gene), a gene therapy for patients 12 years and older with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) who do not have a β0/β0 genotype.  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bluebird-bio-announces-eu-conditional-132500558.html Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP announced that the FDA has recently granted Orphan Drug Designation[…]

AveXis/Novartis received FDA approval for Zolgensma, the gene therapy for children younger than two years old who have been diagnosed with SMA with bi-allelic mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. The therapy will be available to patients for a cost of $2.125 million, or $425,000 per year for 5 years.  https://www.biospace.com/article/novartis-sma-gene-therapy-treatment-approved-by-the-fda-will-have-a-price-of-2-125-million/ Novocure[…]

The FDA will be launching an expanded access pilot dubbed ‘Project Facilitate’ by End of May.  This program is aimed at improving patient access to unapproved oncology drugs: https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2019/5/fda-to-launch-expanded-access-pilot-project-facil?feed=Regulatory-Focus The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Sunovion’s schizophrenia drug: http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20190513/NEWS01/190519988 Celgene reported that the FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to POMALYST® (pomalidomide) for[…]

The U.S. FDA gave Sanofi’s dengue vaccine Dengvaxia a very narrow approval on Wedneday.  The company continues to suffer from evidence that its vaccine, which took 20 years to develop, can cause severe infections in some people.  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fda-sanofi-fr/sanofi-wins-fda-approval-to-sell-dengue-shot-in-parts-of-u-s-idUSKCN1S74TI?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews Finch Therapeutics Group announced that the FDA has granted Fast Track designation to its Full-Spectrum Microbiota® (FSM®)[…]