Less than a week before Ipsen's palovarotene was due to go in front of an FDA advisory committee, the meeting has been called off following a request by the regulator for more data.
AstraZeneca's IL-5 inhibitor Fasenra is already making blockbuster sales from its use in eosinophilic asthma, but the drugmaker's efforts to expand its label keep running into difficulties.
Sanofi and Regeneron have claimed the first approval in the US for a drug for prurigo nodularis, after the FDA gave a green light to Dupixent as a treatment for adults with the rare skin di
AstraZeneca has taken the decision not to move a PCSK9-targeting antisense drug licensed from Ionis into a phase 3 programme, removing a competitor to Novartis' rival therapy Leqvio.
A higher dose of Regeneron and Bayer's Eylea given every three or four months has shown efficacy in a pair of clinical trials, in a big boost for the multibillion-dollar product.
Sanofi and Regeneron should hear from the FDA in the autumn whether it will approve their blockbuster immunology drug Dupixent as a therapy for rare skin disease prurigo nodularis (PN).