The FDA has approved Azmiro (Azurity), the first injectable formulation of testosterone cypionate to become available in single-dose vials and prefilled syringes for treatment of males with conditions associated with a deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone. Injectable testosterone cypionate has been available in multidose vials (Depo-Testosterone, and generics) for many years. Testosterone enanthate (Xyosted) is available in prefilled autoinjectors for use in adult men. No testosterone products are approved for treatment of low testosterone levels due solely to aging. All...

Mirdametinib (Gomekli – SpringWorks Therapeutics), an oral kinase inhibitor, has been approved by the FDA for treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) in patients ≥2 years old who have symptomatic plexiform neurofibromas not amenable to complete resection. Mirdametinib is the second drug to be approved for this indication in the US and the first to be approved for use in adults. The oral kinase inhibitor selumetinib (Koselugo) was approved in 2020 for use in patients 2-17 years old.

The FDA has approved diazoxide choline extended-release tablets (Vykat XR – Soleno Therapeutics) for treatment of hyperphagia in patients ≥4 years old with Prader-Willi syndrome. Diazoxide choline is the first drug to be approved in the US for this indication. Diazoxide oral suspension (Proglycem) has been available for years for management of symptomatic hypoglycemia.

On July 10, 2025 Pfizer issued a voluntary recall of certain lots of long-acting intramuscular (IM) benzathine penicillin G (Bicillin L-A) due to particulates identified during visual inspection. The CDC has issued a "Dear Colleague Letter" to alert healthcare providers about the recall and provide advice on how to manage the potentially limited supply of the drug for treatment of syphilis, which has been increasing in the US.2 Benzathine penicillin G is also used for treatment of group A streptococcal pharyngitis and prophylaxis of rheumatic fever.

The FDA has approved Inlexzo, a gemcitabine intravesical system, for treatment of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ, with or without papillary tumors. The Inlexzo system is placed into the bladder to deliver gemcitabine for 3 weeks.

Nerandomilast (Jascayd – Boehringer Ingelheim), an oral phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor, has been approved by the FDA for treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in adults. It is the third drug to be approved in the US for this indication; the oral antifibrotic drugs pirfenidone (Esbriet, and generics) and nintedanib (Ofev) were approved in 2014.

The FDA has expanded the licensed use of the recombinant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Arexvy (GSK) to include adults 18-49 years old. Arexvy and the two other available RSV vaccines, Abrysvo and mResvia, are now all licensed for prevention of RSV lower respiratory tract disease in persons ≥60 years old and in those 18-59 years old who are at increased risk of lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV. Abrysvo is also licensed for use in pregnant women at 32-36 weeks' gestation to prevent RSV-associated lower respiratory tract disease in their infants from birth to...

Relacorilant (Lifyorli – Corcept Therapeutics), an oral first-in-class glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, has been approved by the FDA for use in combination with nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane, and generics) for treatment of platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer in adults who received 1-3 prior lines of systemic therapy, one of which included bevacizumab (Avastin, and others).

The FDA has approved Alyftrek (Vertex), an oral fixed-dose combination of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators vanzacaftor, tezacaftor, and deutivacaftor, for once-daily treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in patients ≥6 years old who have at least one F508del mutation or another responsive mutation in the CFTR gene. This is the first approval for vanzacaftor and for deutivacaftor, a deuterated form of ivacaftor. Trikafta, a twice-daily oral fixed-dose combination of elexacaftor, tezacaftor, and ivacaftor, is FDA-approved for the same indication...

The FDA has approved an expansion of the peripheral artery disease (PAD) indication for the oral direct factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban (Xarelto – Janssen) to include patients who have recently undergone a lower extremity revascularization procedure for symptomatic PAD (see Table 1). Rivaroxaban is the first direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) to be approved for use in patients with PAD.