Managed Healthcare Executive May 11, 2024
The FDA has approved a liquid mycophenolate to prevent organ rejections but delayed the approval of Moderna’s RSV vaccine. Regulators have set dates for advisory committee meetings for midomafetamine for PTSD and for donanemab in Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, the agency has set review dates for a subcutaneous Opdivo and a pancreatic/lung cancer therapy.
FDA Approves Liquid Mycophenolate to Prevent Organ Rejections
The FDA has approved Myhibbin, a ready-to-use mycophenolate mofetil oral suspension. Mycophenolate mofetil is an immunosuppressant used to prevent organ rejections.
In 2023, there were more 46,000 transplants in the United States, an 8.7% increase over 2022, according to the Health Resources and Service Administration, which is part of the Department of Health & Human Services. This continues a...