Keeping Track: Review Underway For Linhaliq, New Uses Of Lenvima, Cimzia; New Cycle Starts For Lutathera

The latest drug development news and highlights from our US FDA Performance Tracker.

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July ended for FDA with a burst of approvals and submissions, but the activity largely surrounded already-approved molecules with new formulations, indications, and regimens. Here's your news in brief:

FDA approved a new bipolar I disorder maintenance indication for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and H. Lundbeck AS' extended-release injectable antipsychotic Abilify Maintena (aripiprazole), a new monotherapy indication...

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