Keeping Track: US Approvals For Xpovio And Xembify Highlight Short Holiday Week

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

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The US Food and Drug Administration largely cleared out its desk in advance of the Fourth of July celebration, although the agency still approved two novel products during the short holiday week inKaryopharm Therapeutics Inc.'s Xpovio (selinexor) and Grifols SA's Xembify (immune globulin subcutaneous, human- klhw).

Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd. announced a submission for its novel acute migraine treatment rimegepant, while Puma Biotechnology Inc

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