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This European Edition of Quick Notes includes a Swissmedic study of drug approval times, $16 million awarded by UK Innovate, an announcement by Roche of phase 3 anti-TIGIT immunotherapy tiragolumab plus Tecentriq (atezolizumab) preliminary results and an Access to Medicine Foundation report on antimicrobial resistance and responsible manufacturing. Read More
Intarcia Therapeutics will continue its seven-year quest for FDA approval of its drug-device diabetes treatment with an alternative form of hearing — a public hearing before an advisory committee on Sept. 21to discuss CDER’s refusal to approve the product. Read More
After suffering the setback of a complete response letter (CRL) concerning its contract manufacturing plant, Regeneron has bounced back with FDA approval of two drugs — Eylea HD (aflibercept 8 mg) and Veopoz (pozelimab-bbfg). Read More
After numerous setbacks, Ipsen has won FDA approval for Sohonos (palovarotene), the first treatment for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a disease that causes connective tissue — muscle, tendons and ligaments — to gradually turn to bone. Read More
This first European Edition of Quick Notes includes a PDUFA date extension for a chikungunya vaccine candidate, NICE approved AI technologies for radiotherapy treatment therapies, Novartis cited for claims made on an Entresto podcast and comments on the EU proposal for compulsory licensing. Read More
Quick Notes
Today’s Quick Notes include a drug shortages survey conducted by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, an AARP analysis of drug price increases and a request for comments from the FDA on the development of a technology and software assessment that examines the feasibility of dispensers to meet new requirements. Read More
The latest FDA drug approvals include traditional approval of pralsetinib for metastatic rearranged during transfection (RET) fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer, a monoclonal antibody for infants and children at severe risk of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the first treatment for people two years of age and older with the viral skin infection molluscum contagiosum, and a treatment for an eyelid disease called Demodex blepharitis. Read More
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended 14 medicines for market authorization during its July meeting including GSK’s Apretude (cabotegravir) for HIV, seven cancer treatments and a drug for relapsing multiple sclerosis. Read More