Biogen initiates Phase 3 pediatric study of Omaveloxolone for treatment of Friedreich Ataxia

BRAVE study will explore the potential of omaveloxolone to address the critical unmet need of the pediatric FA population

FDA approves AbbVie’s mavyret as first and only treatment for acute hepatitis C

Now approved for both acute and chronic HCV in adults and children aged 3 and above

Bristol Myers Squibb announces positive results from Phase 3 Poetyk PsA-1 and PsA-2 trials of deucravacitinib in psoriatic arthritis

AstraZeneca’s fixed-duration Calquence-based regimens approved in EU for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

AMPLIFY Phase III trial results demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival for Calquence combinations

UK MHRA approves aumolertinib to treat non-small cell lung cancer

Aumolertinib can be used in patients who have tested positive for a mutation in a gene called epidermal growth factor receptor

Biocon gets approval for diabetes drug Liraglutide in India

The approval is for the generic version of Victoza, indicated for the treatment of insufficiently controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Zydus receives tentative approval from USFDA for Rifaximin Tablets, 550 mg

Rifaximin tablets had annual sales of US$ 2672.9 mn in the United States (IQVIA MAT March 2025)

Arvinas and Pfizer's Vepdegestrant significantly improves progression-free survival for patients with ESR1-Mutant, ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer

Vepdegestrant is the first and only PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC) evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical trial and the first to show benefit in patients with breast cancer

Paras Health Gurugram raises alarm over surge in tobacco-related cancers

Approximately 35% of male cancer patients and 12% of female cancer patients at Paras Health were diagnosed with tobacco-related cancers

Merck withdraws Biologics License Application for Patritumab Deruxtecan

The decision to withdraw the BLA is based on topline overall survival (OS) results from the confirmatory HERTHENA-Lung02 Phase 3 trial where OS did not meet statistical significance