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Drug Approval | 01 June 2022

FDA approves Roche’s Evrysdi for use in babies under two months with SMA

Evrysdi has proven efficacy in babies, children and adults with more than 5,000 patients treated to date

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Drug Approval | 01 June 2022

US FDA accepts new drug application filed by Avillion for AstraZeneca's PT027

Avillion announces expansion of partnership with AstraZeneca on PT027 and will fund and execute a new Phase 3b study

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Drug Approval | 30 May 2022

Strides receives USFDA approval for Ibuprofen Oral Suspension

The product is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the Reference Listed Drug (RLD), Motrin Oral Suspension, 100 mg/5 mL, of McNeil Consumer Healthcare (McNeil)

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Drug Approval | 27 May 2022

USFDA approves Omeprazole capsules to prevent heartburn

Perrigo expects to launch Omeprazole Minis later this year

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Drug Approval | 26 May 2022

Eugia Pharma receives USFDA approval for Pemetrexed

Pemetrexed for injection is indicated for the treatment of Antineoplastics (medications used to treat cancer)

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Drug Approval | 26 May 2022

Zydus Lifesciences receives final approval from USFDA for Pemetrexed for Injection

Pemetrexed for Injection has a market size of USD 1,236 mn (as per IQVIA MAT March’22)

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Drug Approval | 25 May 2022

European Commission approves Keytruda plus chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment for breast cancer

This Keytruda combination is the first immunotherapy option approved in the EU for high-risk early-stage TNBC

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Drug Approval | 24 May 2022

Cadila Pharma launches Belmore to treat uncontrolled LDL-cholesterol

Belmore, the brand name of Bempedoic acid, is a novel drug for the treatment of high LDL-cholesterol.

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Drug Approval | 24 May 2022

Alembic Pharmaceuticals receives USFDA final approval for Pirfenidone tablets

The tablets have an estimated market size of US $ 548 million for twelve months ending December 2021 according to IQVIA

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Drug Approval | 23 May 2022

Vaxzevria approved in the EU as third dose booster against Covid-19

Approval follows CHMP recommendation for use in patients previously vaccinated with Vaxzevria or an EU-approved mRNA Covid-19 vaccine

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Drug Approval | 23 May 2022

CHMP recommends European Commission approval of Rinvoq

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory bowel disease that can lead to substantial burden and often disability among patients

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Drug Approval | 21 May 2022

USFDA approves Dupixent as first treatment for 12 and older with eosinophilic esophagitis

Dupixent is the first and only medicine indicated to treat eosinophilic esophagitis in the United States; approval granted more than two months ahead of USFDA’s Priority Review action date

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Drug Approval | 20 May 2022

Glenmark receives sANDA approval for Abiraterone Acetate tablets

According to IQVIA sales data for the 12-month period ending March 2022, the Zytiga tablets, 500 mg market achieved annual sales of approximately US $ 260.2 million

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Drug Approval | 19 May 2022

Biocon Biologics and Viatris launch Abevmy in Canada

Abevmy follows the launch of the company’s two oncology biosimilars in Canada, Ogivri (bTrastuzumab) in 2019 – the first Trastuzumab approved in the country – and Fulphila (bPegfilgrastim), which was launched in 2020

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Drug Approval | 19 May 2022

CDSCO approves Jardiance for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

With the approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), Jardiance is now the first approved therapy to improve outcomes for the full spectrum of heart failure regardless of ejection fraction

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Drug Approval | 18 May 2022

Pfizer and BioNTech granted U.S. EUA for booster dose for kids 5-11 years

Children 5 through 11 years of age are now authorized to receive a booster dose at least five months after the second dose of the two-dose primary series

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Drug Approval | 18 May 2022

Sun Pharma to launch Brillo, a first-in-class oral lipid-lowering drug in India

Bempedoic Acid administered as a 180-mg dose, is approved by the USFDA and European Union for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia

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Drug Approval | 18 May 2022

Themis Medicare gets add on approval for Viralex

Viralex (Inosine Pranobex) is an immunomodulatory agent with broad-spectrum antiviral properties

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Drug Approval | 17 May 2022

RadNet’s AI subsidiaries obtain USFDA clearance for mammography and prostrate AI tools

Quantib Prostate is an AI-based software solution that advances the MRI prostate reporting workflow and is accessible directly from the radiologist's reading station

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