October 9, 2025

Ligand Partner SQ Innovation Receives FDA Approval for Lasix® ONYU, an At-Home Treatment for Edema in Heart Failure Patients

JUPITER, Fla., Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: LGND) today announced that its partner SQ Innovation Inc. has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Lasix® ONYU (furosemide injection), a novel drug-device combination for the treatment of edema (due to fluid overload) in adult patients with chronic heart failure.

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October 8, 2025

SQ Innovation Announces FDA Approval of Lasix® ONYU for Treatment of Edema in Heart Failure

SQ Innovation, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its drug-device combination Lasix® ONYU (furosemide injection) for the treatment of edema (due to fluid overload) in adult patients with chronic heart failure.

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July 14, 2023

FDA Approves Veklury® (Remdesivir) For COVID-19 Treatment In Patients With Severe Renal Impairment, Including Those On Dialysis

FOSTER CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for the use of Veklury® (remdesivir) in COVID-19 patients with severe renal impairment, including those on dialysis. With this approval, Veklury® is now the first and only approved antiviral COVID-19 treatment that can be used across all stages of renal disease.

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March 17, 2023

Novartis Tafinlar® + Mekinist® approved by FDA for pediatric patients with BRAF V600E low-grade glioma, the most common pediatric brain cancer

Basel, March 16, 2023 — Novartis today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for Tafinlar® (dabrafenib) + Mekinist® (trametinib) for the treatment of pediatric patients 1 year of age and older with low-grade glioma (LGG) with a BRAF V600E mutation who require systemic therapy. The FDA also approved liquid formulations of Tafinlar® and Mekinist®, marking the first time a BRAF/MEK inhibitor has been developed in a formulation suitable for patients as young as one year of age.

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