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• FDA approves Janssen drug for rare Castleman’s disease

  Sylvant (siltuximab), marketed by Johnson &Johnson subsidiary Janssen Biotech, is the first drug backed by the FDA to treat multicentric Castleman's disease, which the agency describes as a rare disorder

• J&J files rare blood disorder drug siltuximab in US and EU

  Johnson &Johnson (J&J) has filed for approval of its investigational drug siltuximab in both the EU and US as a treatment for a rare blood disorder. ... The submissions are based primarily on data from the randomised MCD2001 study, which compared

• J&J positive about pipeline

  Also on the list are fulranumab for osteoarthritis pain; siltuximab for castleman's disease, a rare disorder that is similar to lymphoma; TMC-207 for MDR tuberculosis; TMC 435 for hepatitis