April 30th 2025
Rinvoq (upadacitinib) becomes the first oral JAK inhibitor approved by the FDA for the treatment of giant cell arteritis in adults, following robust data from the Phase III SELECT-GCA trial demonstrating its efficacy in achieving sustained remission and reducing glucocorticoid exposure.
FDA Approves Expanded Indication for Abatacept to Treat Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis
November 1st 2023Abatacept is indicated across multiple inflammatory conditions, including for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis, pediatric patients with moderately to severely active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and active juvenile psoriatic arthritis.
FDA Approves Interchangeable Ustekinumab Biosimilar for Inflammatory Diseases
November 1st 2023The FDA granted Wezlana with interchangeable designation after clinical trials found no clinically significant differences in safety and efficacy for the indicated conditions across multiple inflammatory diseases.
FDA Approves Keytruda Plus Chemotherapy for Biliary Tract Cancer
November 1st 2023The approval of pembrolizumab (Keytruda; Merck) combined with gemcitabine and cisplatin for the treatment locally advanced unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer is the sixth sixth indication for the anti-PD-1 therapy for gastrointestinal cancers.
Pushing Late-Stage Treatments Forward in the Clinic
September 17th 2020Shawn Singh, Chief Executive Officer of VistaGen Therapeutics, discusses the company's ongoing efforts to treat and help manage the anxiety symptoms related to the triggers and anxiety-related disorders COVID-19 provokes, and the FDA’s consensus on the design of their pivotal Phase III study of PH94B.
Global Regulatory Collaborations Aim to Speed Access to New Vaccines & Drugs
June 29th 2020The need for treatments to combat the spread of COVID-19 is promoting greater cooperation among drug regulatory authorities around the world, with FDA officials communicating more frequently with their counterparts in Europe, Canada, Japan and other nations through established programs and agreements.