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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Vosevi to treat adults with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1-6 without cirrhosis (liver disease) or with mild cirrhosis. Vosevi is a fixed-dose, combination tablet containing two previously approved drugs – sofosbuvir and velpatasvir – and a new drug, voxilaprevir. Vosevi is the first treatment approved for patients who have been previously treated with the direct-acting antiviral drug sofosbuvir or other drugs for HCV that inhibit a protein called NS5A.

Mylan N.V.and Biocon Ltd. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) recommended approval of the companies’ proposed biosimilar trastuzumab. The committee voted 16-0 in support of eligible indications of the reference product, Herceptin®, which include HER2-positive breast cancer in the metastatic and adjuvant settings.

Aurobindo Pharma Limited is pleased to announce that the company has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture Sevelamer Carbonate oral suspension, 0.8 gm and 2.4 gm. Sevelamer Carbonate oral suspension, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Genzyme's Renvela® oral suspension. The product is being launched immediately.

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.announced that it has launched Bivalirudin for
Injection, 250 mg/vial, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Angiomax® (Bivalirudin) for Injection, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA).

Nesher Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA has received final approval from the USFDA to market Nystatin Topical Powder USP, 100,000 units per gram.

Intraocular lenses used in cataract surgeries are being sold at a rate that is 10 times higher than the market price, Food and Drug Administration officials said in a report presented to the department of pharmaceuticals.

Zydus Cadila has informed that the USFDA has given final approval to market Mesalamine Delayed- Release Tablets USP, 1.2 g in the US market. Zydus Cadila was the first to file an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for a generic version of Lialda® (mesalamine).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to a treatment for patients whose cancers have a specific genetic feature (biomarker). This is the first time the agency has approved a cancer treatment based on a common biomarker rather than the location in the body where the tumor originated.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the approved use of subcutaneous Actemra (tocilizumab) to treat adults with giant cell arteritis. This new indication provides the first FDA-approved therapy, specific to this type of vasculitis.

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Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:TNXP) (Tonix), a company that is developing innovative pharmaceutical products to address public health challenges, presented entitled “Phase 2 Multisite Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of TNX-102 SL in Military-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Mediators and Moderators of Treatment Response” (Poster No. 3001130) at the 72nd Annual Scientific Convention of the Society of Biological Psychiatry in San Diego. The poster can be found on the Scientific Presentations page on Tonix’s website. A moderator is a characteristic of study participants that is associated with a treatment response.