October 26, 2021 Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited (Glenmark), a research-led global pharmaceutical company has launched a fixed dose combination (FDC) of its novel, patent protected, globally researched Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter Inhibitor (SGLT2i) - Remogliflozin Etabonate and another widely used DPP4 inhibitor (Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 inhibitor) – Vildagliptin, with Metformin (first-line medication…
LAVAL, QC and ALPHARETTA, Ga., Oct. 25, 2021 Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health business of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) ("Bausch Health"), and Clearside Biomedical, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSD) ("Clearside"), a biopharmaceutical company revolutionizing the delivery of therapies to the back of the eye through the suprachoroidal space (SCS®), today announced that…
Basel, 22 October 2021 Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Susvimo™ (ranibizumab injection) 100 mg/mL for intravitreal use via ocular implant for the treatment of people with neovascular or “wet” age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) who have previously responded to…
PRINCETON, N.J. (10/21/2021) Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-based combination chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with HER2-negative advanced or metastatic gastric, gastroesophageal junction (GEJ), or esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) whose tumors express…
USA,CAMBRIDGE, Mass October 20, 2021 Luminopia, a digital therapeutics company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted de novo premarket approval for Luminopia One as a prescription therapy to improve vision in children with amblyopia (lazy eye), the leading cause of vision loss in children.…
October 20, 2021 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action to expand the use of a booster dose for COVID-19 vaccines in eligible populations. The agency is amending the emergency use authorizations (EUA) for COVID-19 vaccines to allow for the use of a single booster dose as follows:…
MIAMI, Oct. 19, 2021 Intrivo announced today the launch of On/Go™, an at-home rapid COVID-19 antigen self-test that delivers results with 95% accuracy in just 10 minutes. On/Go, which has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is an affordable and easy-to-use self-test with a…
PRINCETON, N.J., October 18, 2021 Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: OYST), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TYRVAYA™ (varenicline solution) Nasal Spray 0.03 mg for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. TYRVAYA Nasal Spray is the first and only nasal spray…
Ridgefield, Conn., October 15, 2021 Boehringer Ingelheim announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Cyltezo® (adalimumab-adbm) as the first Interchangeable biosimilar with Humira® (adalimumab). The FDA originally approved Cyltezo® in 2017 for the treatment of multiple chronic inflammatory diseases and this latest approval designates…
Basel, 15 October 2021 Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tecentriq® (atezolizumab) as adjuvant treatment, following surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy, for adults with Stage II-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumours express PD-L1≥1%, as determined by an FDA-approved…
Oct 14, 2021 Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy's Laboratories has become the first Indian pharmaceutical company to launch an anti-cancer drug Abiraterone Acetate in the Chinese market, India's ambassador to China Vikram Misri said in a tweet on October 13. The drug used in cancer treatment is a therapeutic equivalent generic version…
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 13, 2021 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Eli Lilly and Company's (NYSE: LLY) Verzenio® (abemaciclib), in combination with endocrine therapy (tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor), for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-), node-positive, early…
KENILWORTH, N.J. October 13, 2021 Eastern Daylight Time The FDA approved combining Merck & Co.'s anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy, with or without Roche's Avastin (bevacizumab), for patients with persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer whose tumours express PD-L1 with a combined positive score (CPS) ≥1. The approval is…
AHMEDABAD, India, Oct. 12, 2021 Intas Pharmaceuticals, has made a progressive breakthrough in the Antifungal Therapy domain with the launch of the world's first Super Bioavailable Itraconazole-SB 100mg by the Brand Name of Itaspor-SB Forte/Subawin. It has been recently approved by Indian Regulatory Authorities. Conventional Itraconazole mainstay drug to fight fungal infection…