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FDA approves Wezlana for inflammatory conditions

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just approved Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub), a biosimilar for the popular drug Stelara. According to the FDA announcement, the most serious side effect of Wezlana is infection because the prescription affects your immune response. How much will Wezlana cost?

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Treatment options for Crohn’s disease expand after Rinvoq approval

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved AbbVie’s Rinvoq (upadacitinib) for patients with Crohn’s disease who do not respond to TNF blockers, a common immune suppressant treatment for the condition. The FDA nod means Rinvoq is now approved for seven indications in gastroenterology, rheumatology and dermatology.

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BMS gets FDA nod for Opdivo as first adjuvant bladder cancer therapy

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Bristol-Myers Squibb has scored a win in its drive to get Opdivo into earlier lines of cancer therapy, getting FDA approval for the drug for post-surgical treatment of invasive bladder cancer. ” The post BMS gets FDA nod for Opdivo as first adjuvant bladder cancer therapy appeared first on. .

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BMS scores first approval for psoriasis therapy Sotyktu

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The US FDA has cleared the first-in-class tyrosine kinase 2 (Tyk2) inhibitor as Sotyktu , and BMS says it now plans to launch the new drug later this month, aiming to mount a challenge to Amgen’s $2.3 billion oral psoriasis therapy Otezla (apremilast).

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Developing a new treatment paradigm for chronic kidney disease

European Pharmaceutical Review

For IgA nephropathy (IgAN), key highlights include the US Food And Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Calliditas Therapeutics’ TARPEYO and the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)’s recommendation of a conditional marketing authorisation for Filspari (sparsentan).

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Developing a new treatment paradigm for IgAN

European Pharmaceutical Review

For IgA nephropathy (IgAN), key highlights include the US Food And Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Calliditas Therapeutics’ TARPEYO and the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)’s recommendation of a conditional marketing authorisation for Filspari (sparsentan).

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JPM2023: Breakthroughs await, but so do roadblocks

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Everyone agrees that cell and gene therapies are poised for an explosion, with far more drugs in the pipeline than are currently approved, and the FDA predicts it will clear 10 to 20 per year by 2025. These therapies have incredible potential to fight cancer and other diseases using the patient’s own immune system.

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