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EC approves anticoagulant reversal agent idarucizumab

26 November 2015 | By Victoria White

Idarucizumab (Praxbind) rapidly and specifically reverses the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa) in cases of emergency surgery /urgent procedures or in uncontrolled bleeding...

EC approves Cotellic plus Zelboraf in advanced melanoma

25 November 2015 | By Victoria White

The approval is based on data that showed Cotellic plus Zelboraf helped people with previously untreated BRAF V600 mutation-positive advanced melanoma live for more than a year without their disease worsening...

EC grants marketing authorisation to Entresto

25 November 2015 | By Victoria White

The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation to Novartis’ Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) for the treatment of adult patients with symptomatic chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

FDA approves anthrax exposure vaccine BioThrax

24 November 2015 | By Victoria White

BioThrax is the first vaccine to receive approval based on the Animal Rule. The Animal Rule allows animal efficacy data to be used as a basis for approval when human efficacy studies are not ethical or feasible...

FDA approves Opdivo for renal cell carcinoma

24 November 2015 | By Victoria White

The announcement marks the approval of the first and only PD-1 inhibitor to deliver significant overall survival in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma...

Merck announces findings from Keytruda combination studies

23 November 2015 | By Victoria White

The findings come from three studies investigating the use of Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with three other immunotherapies – epacadostat, Imlygic (talimogene laherparepvec), and ipilimumab – in patients with advanced melanoma...