New Medicines Approved in 2019 - Meds Entry Watch
The following table provides supplementary information on the manufacturer and approved indication(s) for each medicine that received first-time market authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and/or Health Canada in 2019.
| Medicine (trade name)* | Approved indications | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|
| Air polymer-type A (ExEm Foam) | Indication for sonohysterosalpingography to assess fallopian tube patency in women with known or suspected infertility2 | Giskit B.V. |
| Alpelisib (Piqray)C | Indicated to treat postmenopausal women, and men, with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, PIK3CA-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer after disease progression following an endocrine-based regimen1 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
| Betibeglogene autotemcel (Zynteglo)B,G,O | Indicated to treat patients with transfusion-dependent β thalassaemia (TDT) who do not have a β0/β0 genotype, for whom haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation is appropriate but a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched related HSC donor is not available3 | bluebird bio |
| Bremelanotide (Vyleesi) | Indicated to treat premenopausal women with acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) as characterized by low sexual desire that causes marked distress or interpersonal difficulty and is NOT due to: a co-existing medical or psychiatric condition; problems with the relationship; or the effects of a medication or drug substance2 | Palatin Technologies |
| Brexanolone (Zulresso) | Indicated for postpartum depression (PPD) in adults2 | Sage Therapeutics |
| Brilliant blue G opthalmic (TissueBlue)O | Indicated to selectively stain the internal limiting membrane (ILM)2 | Dutch Ophthalmic |
| Brolucizumab (Beovu)B | Indicated for neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD)1 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
| Cefiderocol (Fetroja) | Indicated for complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI)2 | Shionogi Inc. |
| Cenobamate (Xcopri) | Indicated for partial-onset seizures in adult patients2 | SK Life |
| Crizanlizumab (Adakveo)B,O | Indicated to reduce the frequency of vasoocclusive crises in adults and pediatric patients aged 16 years and older2 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
| Darolutamide (Nubeqa)C | Indicated for non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC)1 | Bayer Inc. |
| Ebola Zaire vaccine (Ervebo)B,O | Indicated to treat ebola virus disease caused by the Zaire Ebola virus3 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. |
| Elexacaftor (Trikafta)O | Indicated to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) in patients aged 12 years and older who have at least one F508del mutation in the CFTR gene2 | Vertex Pharma Inc. |
| Enfortumab vedotin (Padcev)B,C | Indicated for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who have previously received a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) or programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor, and a platinum-containing chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant/adjuvant, locally advanced or metastatic setting2 | Astellas |
| Entrectinib (Rozlytrek)B,C,O | Indicated to treat adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic extracranial solid tumours1 | Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd |
| Erdafitinib (Balversa)C | Indicated to treat adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC):
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Janssen Inc. |
| Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu)B,C | Indicated for unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received two or more prior anti-HER2-based regimens in the metastatic setting2 | Daiichi Sankyo |
| Fedratinib (Inrebic)C,O | Indicated to treat splenomegaly and/or disease related symptoms in adult patients with intermediate-2 or high-risk primary myelofibrosis, post-polycythemia vera myelofibrosis or post-essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis, including patients who have been previously exposed to ruxolitinib1 | Celgene Inc. |
| Fluorodopa F-18 | Indicated for positron emission tomography (PET) to visualize dopaminergic nerve terminals in the striatum for the evaluation of adult patients with suspected Parkinsonian syndromes (PS)2 | Feinstein |
| Givosiran (Givlaari)O | Indicated to treat acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) in adults1 | Alnylam Netherlands B.V. |
| Golodirsen (Vyondys 53)O | Indicated to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients who have a confirmed mutation of the DMD gene that is amenable to exon 53 skipping2 | Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. |
| Istradefylline (Nouriast/Nourianz) | Indicated as an adjunctive treatment to levodopa/carbidopa in adult patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experiencing “off” episodes2 | Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd |
| Lasmiditan (Reyvow) | Indicated to treat migraine2 | Eli Lilly and Co. |
| Lefamulin (Xenleta) | Indicated for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by: Streptococcus pneumoniae including multi-drug resistant S. pneumoniae (MDRSP); Staphylococcus aureus (methicillinsusceptible isolates); Haemophilus influenzae; Haemophilus parainfluenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Legionella pneumophila; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; and Chlamydophila pneumoniae1 | Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. |
| Lemborexant (Dayvigo) | Indicated to treat insomnia2 | Eisai Inc. |
| Lumateperone tosylate (Caplyta) | Indicated to treat schizophrenia2 | Intra-Cellular Therapies |
| Luspatercept (Reblozyl)B,O | Indicated for the treatment of adult patients with red blood cell (RBC) transfusion-dependent anemia1 | Celgene Inc. |
| Modified vaccinia Ankara (Jynneos)B | Vaccine indicated for prevention of smallpox and monkeypox disease2 | Bavarian Nordic A/S |
| Onasemnogene abeparvovec (Zolgensma)B,G,O | Indicated to treat pediatric patients less than 2 years of age with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) with bi-allelic mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene2 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
| Pexidartinib (Turalio)C,O | Indicated to treat adult patients with symptomatic tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) associated with severe morbidity or functional limitations and not amenable to improvement with surgery2 | Daiichi Sankyo Inc. |
| Polatuzumab vedotin (Polivy)B,C,O | Indicated for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified, who are not eligible for autologous stem cell transplant and have received at least one prior therapy1 | Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd |
| Pretomanid (Pretomanid)O | Indicated to treat adults with pulmonary extensively drug resistant (XDR), treatment-intolerant or nonresponsive multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB)2 | Mylan Ireland Ltd |
| Relebactam (Recarbrio) | Indicated for complicated urinary and intra-abdominal infections2 | MSD Merck Co. |
| Risankizumab (Skyrizi)B | Indicated to treat adult patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy1 | Abbvie Corp. |
| Romosozumab (Evenity)B | Indicated for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk for fracture, defined as a history of osteoporotic fracture, or multiple risk factors for fracture1 | Amgen Canada Inc. |
| Selinexor (Xpovio)C,O | Indicated for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) who have received at least four prior therapies and whose disease is refractory to at least two proteasome inhibitors, at least two immunomodulatory agents, and an anti‐CD38 monoclonal antibody2 | Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. |
| Siponimod (Mayzent) | Indicated for patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) with active disease evidenced by relapses or imaging features characteristic of multiple sclerosis inflammatory activity, to delay the progression of physical disability1 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. |
| Solriamfetol (Sunosi)O | Indicated to improve wakefulness in adult patients with excessive daytime sleepiness associated with narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnea2 | Jazz Pharmaceuticals |
| Sotagliflozin (Zynquista) | Indicated to treat type 1 diabetes3 | Lexicon Pharmaceuticals |
| Tenapanor (Ibsrela) | Indicated to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C)2 | Ardelyx Inc. |
| Trifarotene (Aklief) | Indicated to treat acne vulgaris of the face and/or trunk in patients 12 years of age and older1 | Galderma Canada Inc. |
| Turoctocog alfa pegol (Esperoct)B | Indicated to treat hemophilia A1 | Novo Nordisk Canada Inc. |
| Ubrogepant (Ubrely) | Indicated to treat migraine2 | Allergan |
| Upadacitinib (Rinvoq) | Indicated to treat patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response or intolerance to methotrexate1 | Abbvie Corp. |
| Volanesorsen (Waylivra)O | Indicated to treat familial chylomicronaemia syndrome3 | Akcea Therapeutics |
| Voxelotor (Oxbryta)O | Indicated to treat sickle cell disease2 | Global Blood Therapeutics |
| Zanubrutinib (Brukinsa)C,O | Indicated to treat patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) who have received at least one prior therapy2 | BeiGene |
Indications from: 1 Health Canada (HC); 2 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA); 3 European Medicines Agency (EMA).
* B: biologic; C: cancer; O: orphan medicines; G: gene therapy.
Data source: US Food and Drug Administration Novel Drugs 2019; European Medicines Agency Human Medicines Highlights 2019; Health Canada databases.
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