Virax Biolabs Group rolls out Monkeypox Virus Antigen Rapid Test Kits

Virax Biolabs Group rolls out  Monkeypox Virus Antigen Rapid Test Kits

UK-based Virax Biolabs Group Limited has started distribution of Monkeypox Virus Antigen Rapid Test Kits, which were launched in markets accepting CE mark like the European Union. The test kits are for use in point of care settings and to assist healthcare professionals to identify a monkeypox infection in persons suspected of carrying the monkeypox […]

PDS Limited subsidiary Poetic Brands signs licensing deal for Forever 21

PDS Limited subsidiary Poetic Brands signs licensing deal for Forever 21

PDS Limited, an Indian consumer-driven manufacturing and sourcing company, said that its UK-based subsidiary Poetic Brands has signed a license agreement with the Authentic Brands Group (ABG) for the Forever 21 fashion clothing brand. Under the agreement, Poetic Brands will hold the rights for manufacturing, marketing, and distributing Forever 21 products in the UK and […]

Cara Therapeutics, VFMCRP get EC approval for Kapruvia for pruritus

Cara Therapeutics, VFMCRP get EC approval for Kapruvia for pruritus

Cara Therapeutics and Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (VFMCRP) said that Kapruvia (difelikefalin) has secured approval from the European Commission (EC) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pruritus linked to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adult hemodialysis patients. The marketing authorization enables Kapruvia to be used in all member states of the European Union along […]

Windlas Biotech clears EU GMP inspection for Dehradun plant

Windlas Biotech clears EU GMP inspection for Dehradun plant

Windlas Biotech has cleared a GMP inspection of the European Union (EU) done by the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Hungary for its plant-IV in Dehradun. The Indian domestic pharma formulations contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) said that there were zero critical observations reported by the licensing and administrative authority. Windlas Biotech had […]

SeQuent Scientific gets EU GMP approval for tablets dosage form in Turkey

SeQuent Scientific gets EU GMP approval for tablets dosage form in Turkey

SeQuent Scientific Limited said that its tablets dosage manufacturing line in Turkey has secured the European Union good manufacturing practices approval (EU GMP approval). The Mumbai-based pure-play animal health company said that the approval was complemented further by the renewal of EU GMP license for eight other manufacturing lines for multiple dosage forms. The dosage […]

Sedana Medical seeks approval for inhaled sedation candidate Sedaconda

Sedana Medical seeks approval for inhaled sedation candidate Sedaconda

Sedana Medical has submitted an application seeking approval for its drug candidate Sedaconda (isoflurane), previously called IsoConDa, for inhaled sedation in intensive care. The application has been filed with the German Medicines Agency BfArM and various other European Medicines Agencies via the DCP procedure. The market approval application is based on the results of the […]

BMS gets Opdivo EC approval for second-line treatment of ESCC

BMS gets Opdivo EC approval for second-line treatment of ESCC

Opdivo EC approval : Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has secured approval from the European Commission (EC) for its immunotherapy Opdivo (nivolumab) as a second-line treatment for unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in adults. The approval of the programmed death-1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint inhibitor is for patients who were previously subjected […]

BMS’ Opdivo plus Yervoy combo gets EC approval for metastatic NSCLC

BMS’ Opdivo plus Yervoy combo gets EC approval for metastatic NSCLC

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has secured approval from the European Commission (EC) for Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) for the first-line treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The approval is for the Opdivo/Yervoy combination to be used with two cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy in adult patients, whose tumors have no sensitizing epidermal growth […]

Gilead, Galapagos bag Jyseleca EC approval for rheumatoid arthritis

Gilead, Galapagos bag Jyseleca EC approval for rheumatoid arthritis

Jyseleca EC approval : Gilead Sciences and Galapagos have secured marketing authorization for Jyseleca (filgotinib 200 mg and 100 mg tablets) from the European Commission (EC) for the treatment of moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in adults. The approval of the once-daily, oral, JAK1 inhibitor is rheumatoid arthritis patients who showed inadequate response […]