United States Food and Drug Administration
FDA Rejects Scholar Rock’s SMA Drug Due to Catalent Indiana Manufacturing Issues
FDA; Scholar Rock; Apitegromab; SMA; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Catalent Indiana; Complete Response Letter; Manufacturing issues; Drug approval
Ionis Heads to FDA as Antisense Therapy Aces Pivotal Study in Rare Neurological Disease
Ionis Pharmaceuticals; zilganersen; antisense oligonucleotide; Alexander disease; pivotal Phase I–III study; FDA Fast Track designation; rare neurological disease; expanded access program; walk speed improvement; Orphan Drug designation
FDA Delays Decision on Sanofi’s Oral Multiple Sclerosis Drug to December 2025
FDA action date; Sanofi; tolebrutinib; multiple sclerosis; BTK inhibitor; nrSPMS; drug review delay; December 2025; PDUFA
Parkinson’s Patients Prefer Medtronic’s Adaptive Brain Stimulation Over Traditional Settings, Major Study Shows
Parkinson’s disease; adaptive deep brain stimulation; aDBS; Medtronic; ADAPT-PD study; FDA approval; DBS; personalized neuromodulation; real-time brain monitoring
FDA Approves Stealth BioTherapeutics’ Forzinity as First Treatment for Barth Syndrome After Rejection and Delay
FDA approval; Stealth BioTherapeutics; Forzinity; elamipretide; Barth syndrome; rare disease; mitochondrial dysfunction; accelerated approval
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Stealth BioTherapeutics’ Forzinity, the First Treatment for Barth Syndrome
FDA approval; Stealth BioTherapeutics; Forzinity; elamipretide; Barth syndrome; mitochondrial disease; accelerated approval; rare disease; pediatric disease; clinical trial
Sanofi’s MS Drug Tolebrutinib Faces FDA Delay Amid Extended Review
Sanofi; tolebrutinib; FDA delay; multiple sclerosis; nrSPMS; Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor; breakthrough therapy; HERCULES trial; GEMINI trial; PERSEUS trial; NDA; regulatory review
Merck Wins FDA Approval for Subcutaneous Keytruda as Exclusivity Challenges Approach
Merck; Keytruda; subcutaneous injection; FDA approval; Keytruda Qlex; patent expiration; biosimilars; checkpoint inhibitors; solid tumors; cancer immunotherapy
Novo Nordisk Awaits FDA Decision on Oral Wegovy Pill for Obesity
Novo Nordisk; Wegovy; oral semaglutide; FDA approval; obesity treatment; GLP-1 pill; weight loss; cardiovascular risk
Pfizer and Arvinas Abandon Commercialization of PROTAC Inhibitor, Triggering Layoffs and Pipeline Refocus
Pfizer; Arvinas; PROTAC; vepdegestrant; layoffs; out-licensing; FDA; breast cancer; oncology; CDK inhibitors