Month: February 2019

Samsung Bioepis oncology biosimilar Ontruzant receives US FDA approval

February 20, 2019

Samsung Bioepis Co, Ltd announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Ontruzant (trastuzumab-dttb), a biosimilar referencing Herceptin (trastuzumab), across all eligible indications, namely adjuvant treatment of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer and metastatic gastric cancer or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in patients who have not received prior treatment for metastatic disease. […]

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Vertex’s Orkambi receives European approval to treat children with CF aged 2 to 5 years old with most common form of disease

February 19, 2019

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Limited announced that the European Commission has granted approval of the label extension for Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) for the treatment of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) aged 2 to 5 years old who have two copies of the F508del mutation, the most common form of the disease. “Today’s approval by the European Commission brings […]

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