FDA approves leucovorin to treat rare cerebral folate deficiency

The Food and Drug Administration has approved expanded use of leucovorin calcium tablets for treating cerebral folate ...

FDA approves GSK’s Wellcovorin for cerebral folate deficiency

FDA worked with GSK to update Wellcovorin labelling for safe, effective use in adult and paediatric CFD-FOLR1 patients.
Healthline

FDA Doesn’t Endorse Leucovorin for Autism, OKs It for Rare Brain Disorder

The FDA declined to endorse leucovorin as a treatment for autism, but approved the drug to treat cerebral folate deficiency, ...

FDA Pushes Back on RFK Jr.’s Claims About Autism Drug — Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, earlier claimed that the drug leucovorin ...

FDA approves new use of synthetic vitamin B9 — but not for autism symptoms

The FDA announced a new approved use for the drug leucovorin, which Trump has touted as a treatment for autism. But the ...
Fierce Pharma

FDA approves leucovorin for ultrarare cerebral folate deficiency subset without clinical trial

About five months after U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | About five months after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted leucovorin as “an ...

FDA approves leucovorin as first drug for rare genetic disorder, after touting it as autism treatment

The move comes months after the Trump administration touted leucovorin as a potential therapy for a broader group of patients with autism symptoms.

FDA approves generic drug for a rare genetic condition, but not for autism

Dr. Marty Makary, the FDA’s commissioner, said in a statement that the “approval represents a significant milestone for ...

No Broad Autism Approval for Leucovorin, Despite FDA Commissioner’s Prior Suggestions

The Food and Drug Administration on March 10 changed the approval for a version of the prescription drug leucovorin to include people with a very rare genetic condition. FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty ...
Disability Scoop

FDA Widens Approval Of Drug Hyped For Autism

Months after Trump administration officials promoted a medication as a possible treatment for autism, the FDA is expanding ...

FDA doesn’t approve leucovorin for autism. What can it be used for?

The FDA narrowed leucovorin's use to a rare disorder, a major shift after Trump and RFK Jr. promoted it for autism.
MPR

Leucovorin Tablets Approved for Cerebral Folate Transport Deficiency

Cerebral folate deficiency is a rare neurological disorder characterized by a decrease in CSF folate levels, leading to developmental regression, seizures, movement disorders, and other neurological ...