Regulatory

Regulatory action marks the fourth aesthetic indication and the first beyond facial treatments for Botox.

Vyloy is the first CLDN18.2-targeted therapy for advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma to be approved in the United States.

Priority Review status for GSK’s New Drug Application for gepotidacin was based on promising results from the Phase III EAGLE-2 and EAGLE-3 trials, which demonstrated non-inferiority to nitrofurantoin in uncomplicated urinary tract infections.

Expanded approval of Lumryz offers a once-nightly treatment option for younger patients, eliminating the need for traditional narcolepsy treatments that often require multiple doses throughout the night.

Vyalev is the first and only FDA-approved subcutaneous 24-hour infusion of a levodopa-based therapy for the treatment of motor fluctuations in adults with advanced Parkinson disease.

Expanded indication of Bimzelx offers a prefilled syringe with a single 2 mL subcutaneous injection, improving upon the previous regimen of two 1 mL injections.

Hympavzi is the first anti-tissue factor pathway inhibitor therapy to be approved in the United States for routine prophylaxis of bleeding in patients with hemophilia A or B without inhibitors.

Approval was based on results from the Phase III INAVO120 trial, which found that Itovebi in combination with palbociclib and fulvestrant significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with endocrine-resistant, PIK3CA-mutated, hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Healgen’s Rapid Check COVID-19/Flu A&B Antigen Test is the first non-prescription COVID-19/flu combination test to be authorized by the FDA without emergency use authorization.

Felzartamab granted Breakthrough Designation after a clinical trial showed a significant improvement in late antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplant recipients compared with placebo.

Breakthrough Therapy designation for survodutide was based on preliminary clinical data showing potential improvement in patients with non-cirrhotic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis over existing therapies.

Approval was based on results from Phase I clinical safety studies, which demonstrated that using three tubes of Ameluz maintained similar safety and systemic exposure levels as one tube in treating actinic keratosis in patients undergoing photodynamic therapy.

Approval of Cologuard Plus follows results from the BLUE-C study, which demonstrated a 95% sensitivity for detecting colorectal cancer.

Approval for Opdivo was based on results from the CheckMate-77T trial, which demonstrated that the combination significantly improved event-free survival and pathologic complete response in adults with resectable non-small cell lung cancer without EGFR or ALK rearrangements.

Priority Review was based on data from the ECHO Phase III trial, which demonstrated that a combination of Calquence, bendamustine, and rituximab reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 27% in patients with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma.

Marketed as a biosimilar to Stelara, approval of Otulfi was based on clinical data demonstrating comparable efficacy in treating inflammatory conditions such as Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, and active psoriatic arthritis.

The application for Priority Review of Enhertu was supported by positive results from the DESTINY-Breast06 Phase III trial, which demonstrated that Enhertu reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 37% in patients with HER2-low or HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer.

Flyrcado is the first positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging agent of its kind designed for the detection of coronary artery disease.

Dupixent was found to significantly reduce the rate of moderate to severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to data from the Phase III BOREAS and NOTUS trials.

Landmark FDA approval of Cobenfy represents the first new class of drugs indicated to treat schizophrenia in decades.

Tagrisso was approved under a Priority Review based on the pivotal LAURA Phase III trial in adults with unresectable stage III epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer.

The legal challenges surrounding Biogen’s Aduhelm and Cassava Sciences’ simufilam underscore the ongoing difficulties in Alzheimer's drug development, leading to securities litigation over allegedly misleading statements about trial results and commercialization efforts.

Bimzelx is the first approved medication for active psoriatic arthritis, non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis that selectively inhibits IL-17A and IL-17F, both of which are key cytokines that drive inflammatory processes.

Rybrevant is the first targeted second-line regimen to significantly reduce the risk of disease progression by more than 50% in patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR mutated non-small cell lung cancer, according to Johnson & Johnson.

Approval was based on results from the MANDARA Phase III trial, which demonstrated the superiority of Fansenra over Nucala in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Approval was based on data from the IND.227/KEYNOTE-483 trial, which demonstrated a 21% reduction in the risk of death when Keytruda was added to chemotherapy in patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Results from the ADvocate 1, ADvocate 2, and ADhere clinical trials found that patients treated with Ebglyss 38% of patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis achieved clear or almost-clear skin after 16 weeks of treatment.

Ocrevus Zunovo is the first and only twice-yearly, 10-minute subcutaneous injection for treating both relapsing multiple sclerosis and primary-progressive multiple sclerosis.

Subcutaneous Tecentriq Hybreza will provide patients and physicians increased flexibility for administration of the immunotherapy across approved indications for Tecentriq, including non–small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Tremfya is the first and only fully-human, dual-acting monoclonal antibody targeting IL-23 and CD64 to be approved for the treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.