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Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  and partner Braeburn Pharmaceuticals announced that the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee (PDAC) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted 12 to 5 in favor of approving Probuphine, the first long-acting, subdermal buprenorphine implant for the maintenance treatment of opioid addiction, in stable patients receiving 8mg or less per day of buprenorphine. The Committee’s vote followed presentation and discussion of data regarding Probuphine’s efficacy, safety, and risk-benefit profile. The New Drug Application (NDA) for Probuphine was resubmitted to the FDA in August 2015, and accepted by the FDA in September 2015. A target agency action date has been set for February 27, 2016.

The joint venture between Biogen and Samsung BioLogics, Samsung Bioepis, has been granted European Commission (EC) approval for BENEPALI® , an etanercept biosimilar referencing Enbrel®. BENEPALI has been granted marketing authorization in the European Union (EU) for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis, non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis and plaque psoriasis. Biogen intends to make BENEPALI available for patients in the coming weeks.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Complete Response letter to the Company's New Drug Application (NDA) for KyndrisaTM (drisapersen) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) amenable to exon 51 skipping.
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Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation for FPA008 for the treatment of Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS), a locally aggressive tumor of the synovium.

Impax Laboratories, Inc. announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company's supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for EMVERM (mebendazole) 100 mg chewable tablets

Volpara Solutions, the leading provider of automated breast density assessment and quantitative breast imaging tools, announced  that it has received a new 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for Volpara Density Maps, a new solution designed to help radiologists address the requirement in the BI-RADS 5th Edition Atlas to provide “an overall assessment of the volume of attenuating tissues in the breast, to help indicate the relative possibility that a lesion could be obscured.”

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Pluristem Therapeutics Inc, a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapy products, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to begin its Phase I trial of PLX-R18 cells to treat incomplete hematopoietic recovery following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT). The clinical trial is expected to begin in the first half of 2016.

The National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) here on Friday inked a deal with the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) to undertake cutting-edge research on enteric diseases including hepatitis C, and see through translation of research outputs for community outreach.

CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CASI), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the acquisition, development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics addressing cancer and other unmet medical needs for the global market with a commercial focus on China, announced that China’s Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has accepted for review its import drug registration application for MARQIBO® (vinCRIStine sulfate LIPOSOME injection).