Tag: FDA

August 11, 2017 Off

FDA grants priority review designation to Gilead Sciences’s HIV drug

By Dino Mustafić

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review for the company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for Gilead Sciences’s investigational, fixed-dose combination of bictegravir (50mg) (BIC), a novel investigational integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI), and emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (200/25mg) (FTC/TAF), a dual-NRTI backbone, for the treatment of HIV-1 infection.

August 2, 2017 Off

FDA accepts AstraZeneca’s drug for multiple B-cell and other cancers.

By Dino Mustafić

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted and granted priority review for the New Drug Application (NDA) for acalabrutinib, a highly-selective, potent, Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, developed by AstraZeneca and its haematology research and development centre of excellence, Acerta Pharma. This potential new medicine is in development for the treatment of multiple B-cell and other cancers.