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U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco, among others. This historic rule helps implement the bipartisan Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 and allows the FDA to improve public health and protect future generations from the dangers of tobacco use.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., and Lundbeck announced that Brintellix (vortioxetine) will be marketed in the United States under the new name Trintellix (vortioxetine) starting in June of 2016. This name change comes after receiving reports of name confusion in the marketplace between Brintellix and the anti-blood clotting therapy Brilinta® (ticagrelor).

Boston Scientific get U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for two catheters that can be used with the Rhythmia™ Mapping System. The IntellaNav™ XP and the IntellaNav MiFi™ XP navigation-enabled ablation catheters were approved to treat Type I atrial flutter. These are the first magnetically-tracked catheters that Boston Scientific will offer to the U.S. market. Type I atrial flutter  is an abnormal rhythm of the upper chambers of the heart.

Perrigo announced that it has received U.S.FDA approval for the generic version of Valeant Pharmaceutical International, Inc.'s BenzaClin® Pump Topical Gel. BenzaClin® Pump Topical Gel (clindamycin phosphate 1% and benzoyl peroxide 5%) is indicated for the topical treatment of acne vulgaris.

Flamel Technologies announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for Akovaz™ (ephedrine sulfate), a drug administered parenterally as a pressor agent to address clinically important hypotension in surgical settings.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ProAir RespiClick^® (albuterol sulfate) Inhalation Powder for the treatment or prevention of bronchospasm in children 4 to 11 years of age with reversible obstructive airway disease and for the prevention of exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB)

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved NUPLAZID (pimavanserin) for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis. In 2014, the FDA designated NUPLAZID as a Breakthrough Therapy for this condition.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic version of Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) tablets for the following uses: in combination with diet for the treatment of high triglycerides (hypertriglyceridemia) in adults;  in combination with diet for treatment of patients with primary dysbetalipoproteinemia (Type III Hyperlipoproteinemia), a disorder associated with improper breakdown of cholesterol and triglycerides; either alone or in combination with other cholesterol treatment(s) for adult patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, a disorder associated with high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced it has submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a New Drug Application for a 500mg chewable tablet formulation of mebendazole. If approved, mebendazole chewable tablets will provide a treatment alternative for adults and children aged one year or older with single or mixed soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), and address an unmet need for children too young to swallow a solid tablet.

Advaxis, Inc. announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for the company’s immunotherapy product candidate ADXS-HER2 for patients with newly-diagnosed, non-metastatic, surgically-resectable osteosarcoma.