New drug approvals - August 2022

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Product Name

ABRILADA SOLUTION FOR INJECTION IN SINGLE-DOSE PREFILLED SYRINGE 20MG/0.4 ML

ABRILADA SOLUTION FOR INJECTION IN SINGLE-DOSE PREFILLED PEN 40 MG/0.8 ML

ABRILADA SOLUTION FOR INJECTION IN SINGLE-DOSE PREFILLED SYRINGE 40MG/0.8 ML

Active Ingredient

Adalimumab

Application type

NDA-2/3

Product Registrant

PFIZER PRIVATE LIMITED

Date of Approval

02/08/2022

Registration No.

SIN16561P, SIN16562P, SIN16563P

Indications:

ADULTS

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

ABRILADA is indicated for reducing signs and symptoms and inhibiting the progression of structural damage and improving physical function in adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response to one or more disease‑modifying anti‑rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). ABRILADA can be used alone or in combination with methotrexate (MTX) or other DMARDs.

ABRILADA, in combination with MTX, can also be used in the treatment of patients with recently diagnosed moderate to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have not received methotrexate

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)

ABRILADA is indicated for reducing signs and symptoms of active arthritis in adult patients with moderate to severe psoriatic arthritis when the response to previous DMARD therapy has been inadequate. Adalimumab has been shown to reduce the rate of progression of peripheral joint damage as measured by X‑ray in patients with polyarticular symmetrical subtypes of the disease and to improve physical function

ABRILADA can be used alone or in combination with DMARDs.

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS)

ABRILADA is indicated for reducing signs and symptoms in adult patients with active ankylosing spondylitis who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy.

Crohn’s disease (CD)

ABRILADA is indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe active Crohn’s disease in adults to reduce the signs and symptoms of the disease and to induce and maintain clinical remission in patients who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapies, or who have lost response to or are intolerant of infliximab. For induction treatment, ABRILADA should be given in combination with corticosteroids. ABRILADA can be given as monotherapy in case of intolerance to corticosteroids or when continued treatment with corticosteroids is inadequate.

Ulcerative colitis (UC)

ABRILADA is indicated for treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis in adult patients who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy including corticosteroids and/or 6‑mercaptopurine (6‑MP) or azathioprine (AZA), or who are intolerant to or have medical contraindications for such therapies.

Plaque psoriasis

ABRILADA is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy and when other systemic therapies are medically less appropriate.

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS

ABRILADA is indicated for the treatment of active moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa (acne inversa) in adult patients with an inadequate response to conventional systemic HS therapy.

Uveitis

ABRILADA is indicated for the treatment of non‑infectious intermediate, posterior and panuveitis in adult patients who have had an inadequate response to corticosteroids, in patients in need of corticosteroid-­sparing, or in whom corticosteroid treatment is inappropriate.

PAEDIATRICS

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis

ABRILADA in combination with methotrexate is indicated for the treatment of active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA), in patients 2years of age and older, who have had an inadequate response to one or more DMARDs. ABRILADA can be given as monotherapy in case of intolerance to methotrexate or when continued treatment with methotrexate is inappropriate (for the efficacy in monotherapy see section 5.1). Adalimumab has not been studied in patients aged less than 2years.

Enthesitis‑related arthritis

ABRILADA is indicated for the treatment of active enthesitis‑related arthritis in patients, 6years of age and older, who have had an inadequate response to, or who are intolerant of, conventional therapy.

Paediatric Crohn’s disease

ABRILADA is indicated for reducing signs and symptoms and inducing and maintaining clinical remission in paediatric patients, 6years of age and older, with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy

Paediatric plaque psoriasis

ABRILADA is indicated for the treatment of severe chronic plaque psoriasis in children and adolescents from 4years of age who have had an inadequate response to or are inappropriate candidates for topical therapy and phototherapy

Adolescent hidradenitis suppurativa

ABRILADA is indicated for the treatment of active moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa (acne inversa) in adolescents from 12years of age with an inadequate response to conventional systemic HS therapy.

Paediatric uveitis

ABRILADA is indicated for the treatment of chronic non‑infectious anterior uveitis in paediatric patients 2 years of age and older who have had an inadequate response to or are intolerant to conventional therapy, or in whom conventional therapy is inappropriate.

Product Name

NICORETTE QUICKMIST MOUTHSPRAY 1MG/SPRAY

Active Ingredient

Nicotine

Application type

NDA-2*: New dosage form

Product Registrant

JOHNSON & JOHNSON PTE LTD

Date of Approval

06/08/2022

Registration No.

SIN16567P

Indications:

Nicorette QuickMist is used to help you stop smoking when you want to quit. This is a type of treatment called Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).

Nicorette QuickMist will give you fast relief of your cravings for nicotine and the withdrawal symptoms you get when stopping smoking. When you suddenly stop providing nicotine from tobacco to your body, you get hit by different kinds of unpleasant feelings called withdrawal symptoms. By using Nicorette QuickMist you can prevent or reduce these unpleasant feelings and cravings for smoking. This is because you continue to provide a small amount of nicotine to your body for a short period of time. Using Nicorette QuickMist does not involve the health dangers of tobacco smoking. This is because it does not contain the tar, carbon monoxide or other toxins in cigarette smoke.

To improve the chances of helping you to stop smoking, you should also seek counselling advice and support, if you can.

Product Name

REKAMBYS PROLONGED-RELEASE SUSPENSION FOR INJECTION 300MG/ML

Active Ingredient

Rilpivirine

Application type

NDA-2*: New dosage form

Product Registrant

JOHNSON & JOHNSON PTE LTD

Date of Approval

11/08/2022

Registration No.

SIN16568P

Indications:

REKAMBYS® is indicated, in combination with cabotegravir injection, for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in adults who are virologically suppressed (HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/mL) on a stable antiretroviral regimen without present or past evidence of viral resistance to, and no prior virological failure with agents of the NNRTI and INI class (see Pharmacological Properties).

Product Name

AKLIEF CREAM 50 MCG/G

Active Ingredient

Trifarotene

Application type

NDA-1

Product Registrant

GALDERMA SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED

Date of Approval

17/08/2022

Registration No.

SIN16571P

Indications:

Aklief is indicated for the cutaneous treatment of Acne Vulgaris of the face and/ or the trunk in patients from 12 years of age and older, when many comedones, papules and pustules are present.

Product Name

ONUREG FILM-COATED TABLETS 200MG

ONUREG FILM-COATED TABLETS 300MG

Active Ingredient

Azacitidine

Application type

NDA-2/3

Product Registrant

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Date of Approval

19/08/2022

Registration No.

SIN16572P

SIN16573P

Indications:

ONUREGTM (azacitidine film-coated tablets) is a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor indicated for:

maintenance therapy in adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who achieved complete remission (CR) or complete remission with incomplete blood count recovery (CRi) following induction therapy with or without consolidation treatment, and who are not eligible for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

Product Name

BRINTELLIX ORAL DROPS SOLUTION 20 MG/ML

Active Ingredient

Vortioxetine

Application type

NDA-2: New dosage form

Product Registrant

LUNDBECK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

Date of Approval

22/08/2022

Registration No.

SIN16577P

Indications:

Brintellix is indicated for the treatment of major depressive episodes in adults.

Product Name

KORSUVA SOLUTION FOR INJECTION 50 MCG/ML

Active Ingredient

Difelikefalin

Application type

NDA-1: New chemical entity

Product Registrant

VIFOR PHARMA ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.

Date of Approval

25/08/2022

Registration No.

SIN16582P

Indications:

KORSUVA is indicated for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pruritus associated with chronic kidney disease in adult patients on haemodialysis

*Evaluated via Access

Product Name

YULAREB FILM-COATED TABLET 50MG, 100MG, 150MG

Active Ingredient

Abemaciclib

Application type

NDA-2 and NDA-3

Product Registrant

DKSH SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

Date of Approval

22/08/2022

Registration No.

SIN16574P, SIN16575P, SIN16576P

Indications:

1.1 Early Breast Cancer

Yulareb (abemaciclib) in combination with endocrine therapy is indicated for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with hormone receptor (HR) positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative, node-positive early breast cancer at high risk of recurrence (see section 14.1).

1.2 Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

Yulareb (abemaciclib) is indicated:

• in combination with an aromatase inhibitor as initial endocrine-based therapy for the treatment of postmenopausal women, and men, with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

• in combination with fulvestrant for the treatment of adult patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression following endocrine therapy.

Product Name

ABEVMY™ CONCENTRATE FOR SOLUTION FOR INFUSION 25MG/ML

Active Ingredient

Bevacizumab

Application type

NDA-2

Product Registrant

MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS PTE. LTD.

Date of Approval

29/08/2022

Registration No.

SIN16583P

Indications:

Metastatic carcinoma of the colon or rectum(mCRC)

Bevacizumab in combination with fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy is indicated for treatment of patients with metastatic carcinoma of the colon or rectum.

Metastatic Breast Cancer (mBC)

Bevacizumab in combination with paclitaxel is indicated for the treatment of patients who have not received chemotherapy for metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer.

Bevacizumab in combination with capecitabine is indicated for first-line treatment of patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer in whom treatment with other chemotherapy options including taxanes or anthracyclines is not considered appropriate. Patients who have received taxane and anthracycline-containing regimens in the adjuvant setting within the last 12 months should be excluded from treatment with bevacizumab in combination with capecitabine

The effectiveness of bevacizumab in metastatic breast cancer (mBC) is based on an improvement in progression-free survival. Currently, no data are available that demonstrate an improvement in disease-related symptoms or increased survival with bevacizumab in breast cancer.

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Bevacizumab, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, is indicated for first-line treatment of patients with unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer.

Bevacizumab, in combination with erlotinib, is indicated for first-line treatment of patients with unresectable advanced, metastatic or recurrent non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) activating mutations.

Malignant Glioma (WHO Grade IV) - Glioblastoma

Bevacizumab, as a single agent is indicated for the treatment of patients with glioblastoma after relapse or disease progression following prior therapy.

The effectiveness of bevacizumab in glioblastoma is based on an improvement in objective response rate. There are no data demonstrating an improvement in disease-related symptoms or increased survival with bevacizumab

Advanced and/or metastatic Renal Cell Cancer (mRCC)

Bevacizumab in combination with interferon alfa-2a is indicated for first-line treatment of patients with advance and/or metastatic renal cell cancer.

Epithelial Ovarian, Fallopian Tube and Primary Peritoneal Cancer

Bevacizumab, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel is indicated for the front-line treatment of advanced (FIGO stages III B, III C and IV) epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

Bevacizumab, in combination with carboplatin and gemcitabine or in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel is indicated for the treatment of patients with recurrent, platinum-sensitive, epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who have not received prior bevacizumab or other VEGF-targeted angiogenesis inhibitors.

Bevacizumab in combination with paclitaxel, topotecan or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin is indicated for the treatment of patients with recurrent, platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who received no more than two prior chemotherapy regimens and who have not received prior therapy with bevacizumab or other VEGF inhibitors or VEGF receptor-targeted agents.

Cervical Cancer

Bevacizumab in combination with paclitaxel and cisplatin or paclitaxel and topotecan is indicated for the treatment of persistent, recurrent, or metastatic carcinoma of the cervix

 

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