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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshot (August 20-24, 2018)

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Eisai's and Merck Announces EU's Marketing Approval of Lenvima (lenvatinib mesylate) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Published: 23 Aug,2018 | Tags: Eisai, Merck, Approval, Lenvima, HCC, 2. Pfizer to co-promote Exact Sciences Cologuard Published: 22 Aug,2018 | Tags: Exact, Pfizer, Agreement, Promote, Cologuard 7.

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Biogen, Eisai Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab fast tracked by FDA

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The anti-amyloid drug, which also claimed a breakthrough tag from the FDA in July, is being developed for the treatment of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. The $56,000-a-year price tag for the drug, which has now been cut in half in the US, also hasn’t helped the drugmakers make a case for Aduhelm with US payers.

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FDA gives AbbVie’s c-Met lung cancer ADC a breakthrough tag

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Teliso-V is currently in a 233-patient phase 2 study (LUMINOSITY) involving subjects with c-Met-positive, non-squamous NSCLC as a second- or third-line treatment after chemotherapy, immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors or drugs targeted at specific mutations.

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FDA gives Daiichi Sankyo’s HER3 drug a breakthrough tag

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Daiichi Sankyo has been granted breakthrough status by the FDA for patritumab deruxtecan, a HER3-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) in clinical trials for lung cancer. The post FDA gives Daiichi Sankyo’s HER3 drug a breakthrough tag appeared first on.

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Zynteglo halt re-ignites viral vector safety concerns; analysts

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Bluebird Bio’s decision to hit pause on the launch of Zynteglo for beta thalassaemia after two cases of cancer were seen in a clinical trial could see fears over the safety of viral vectors used to deliver gene therapies resurface. . million in Europe.

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CHMP backs J&J’s myeloma bispecific Tecvayli, ahead of US decision

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J&J filed for approval of the bispecific in the US in December based on the results of the phase 1b MajesTEC-1 study in myeloma patients who had been treated with a median of five lines of prior therapy. Tecvayli previously scored a priority medicines (PRiME) designation from the EMA and a breakthrough-therapy tag from the FDA.

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Rare Disease Spotlight – tracing the rise of orphan drug designations over almost 40 years

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put a high-profile bluebird bio trial for sickle cell disease on partial clinical hold, and advisory panels deliberated over decisions involving gene therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), and beta-thalassemia.