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The US FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to the Urocross Expander System for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), backed by extensive data incl. the Expander-1 & Expander-2 trials
Expander-2 (n=240) showed mean 48.1% IPSS improvement & a 74.5% responder rate (≥30% IPSS reduction) at 12mos. post implantation…
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The US FDA has approved Cosentyx(secukinumab) for the treatment of pts (≥12yrs., ≥30kg) with mod. to sev. hidradenitis suppurativa
Approval was supported by adult clinical studies, PK modeling extrapolated from adult HS & psoriasis trials, pediatric trial data from other approved indications, & dosing analyses that showed weight-based pediatric dosing achieves exposure comparable to…
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The US FDA has approved Arexvy RSV vaccine for adults (18-49yrs.) at increased risk for lower respiratory tract disease, expanding its use beyond those aged ≥50yrs.
Approval was based on P-IIIb trial (n=1458) assessing immune response & safety of Arexvy RSV vaccine in individuals (18-49yrs.; n=426) compared to adults (≥60yrs.; n=429); an additional cohort (18-49yrs.; n=603) was…
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Insulet has presented data from the EVOLUTION 2C feasibility study (n=24, 16-70yrs.) assessing its fully closed-loop (FCL) automated insulin delivery system (AID) for T2D at the ATTD’26
Trial showed that the final FCL algorithm increased TIR to an average of 68% with no boluses, a 24% improvement vs standard injection therapy, while TBR remained…
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The US FDA has received a De Novo 510(k) application for the Breast Cancer Locator (BCL) System to improve the accuracy of breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy)
Cairn Surgical completed its US pivotal trial of the system, with data to be presented at the ASBrS’26 & incl. in the FDA filing, along with earlier data, published…
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The US FDA has granted FTDto ATX-01 for the treatment of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1)
ATX-01 showed increased free MBNL, improved splicing abnormalities, & restored function in animal models, & is being evaluated in the P-I/IIa (ArthemiR) study
ATX-01 is an RNA-based therapeutic designed to inhibit miR-23b, which results in increased MBNL protein…
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The US FDA has cleared all QIAstat-Dx GI Panels for use on the QIAstat-Dx Rise automated syndromic testing system
The clearance enables laboratories to run both GI and respiratory panels on the high-throughput platform, which can process up to 160 tests/day, run 16 samples per batch, and deliver results in ~1hr. using real-time PCR…
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FDA has granted priority review to Enhertu’s sBLA for adults with HER2+ breast cancer who have residual invasive disease after neoadjuvant HER2 targeted treatment, with submission to be reviewed under Project Orbis (PDUFA: Q3’26); review is also ongoing in the EU & Japan
sBLA was backed by the global P-III (DESTINY-Breast05) trial assessing Enhertu…
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FDA approved Sotyktu(6mg, PO, QD) for adults with active PsA based on 2 P-III trials against PBO, with POETYK PsA-1 involving 670 bDMARD-naïve pts while POETYK PsA-2 involved 624 pts who were bDMARD-naïve & treated with prior TNFα inhibitor
POETYK PsA-1 showed that 54% pts achieved ACR20 compared to 34%, while 24% vs 14%…
Johnson & Johnson Reports the US FDA Approval of Tecvayli + Darzalex Faspro for R/R Multiple Myeloma
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The US FDA has approved Tecvayli (teclistamab-cqyv) + Darzalex Faspro (daratumumab & hyaluronidase-fihj) for the treatment of adults with r/r MM, who have received ≥1L of prior therapy, incl. a proteasome inhibitor & an immunomodulatory agent
Approval was based on the ongoing P-III (MajesTEC-3) study evaluating Tecvayli + Darzalex vs investigator’s choice of Darzalex & dexamethasone with…

