Addressing Drug Quality: Aging Facilities

AI regulations in healthcare are rapidly evolving, and one should consult with regulatory subject matter experts, says Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice president, Technical at Parexel.

The UK MHRA has granted approval for garadacimab for use in preventing angioedema attacks in patients 12 years old and older who have hereditary angioedema.

The approval makes Enhertu (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) the first HER2-directed therapy in the United States for treating HER2-low or HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer.

FDA has approved an additional indication for LEQEMBI (lecanemab-irmb) as a once-every-four-weeks maintenance therapy for early Alzheimer’s disease.

This latest fast track designation marks the second such designation by FDA for J&J’s tau-directed investigational therapies for treating Alzheimer’s disease.

The approval makes HYQVIA [Immune Globulin Infusion 10% (human) with Recombinant Human Hyaluronidase] the first and only facilitated subcutaneous immunoglobulin to be approved in Japan to treat these disorders.