The US FDA approved Day One’s pediatric brain cancer drug Ojemda, ImmunityBio’s bladder cancer immunotherapy Anktiva, an uncomplicated UTI claim for Utility Therapeutics’ Pivya, which has a long history in Europe, and Pfizer’s hemophilia B gene therapy Beqvez.

Notable new drug approvals in South Korea last year included Pfizer’s Tukysa, Genentech’s Columvi and BeiGene’s Tevimbra, but the tally did not include any domestically-originated products. Alzheimer’s disease therapy lecanemab may be on the horizon this year.

The company initiated a rolling submission with the US FDA for mirdametinib, a MEK inhibitor that is poised to be its second commercial product for a rare disease.

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