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Israeli drugmaker Teva will pay $24 million to settle a pay-for-delay lawsuit over its generic version of AstraZeneca’s heartburn relief drug Nexium. Read More
The FDA has approved an sNDA for Novartis’ Promacta for the treatment of children six years and older with the chronic immune thrombocytopenia who have had a poor response to corticosteroids, immunoglobulins or spleen removal. Read More
An FDA associate commissioner and five associates are pushing for greater transparency around complete response letters issued to drugmakers when marketing applications are denied. Read More
A citizens advocacy group is accusing the FDA of wrongly expanding the indication of Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ sleep disorder drug Hetlioz by labeling it for use in sighted people. Read More
Sponsors of applications for drugs that are highly soluble in water but not easily absorbed through the intestines can now request waivers of studies proving the drug has a systemic effect or is equivalent to a reference product. Read More
Sponsors seeking Canadian approval of new drugs or indications based on published literature or postmarketing data need to be able to prove that their drug is comparable to its reference product, regulators say. Read More
The FDA wants sponsors of investigational drugs and biologics to use the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes to identify laboratory results from clinical studies in regulatory submissions, and is asking for suggestions on how it might assist firms in adopting the codes. Read More
The FDA is asking clinical investigators who sponsor trials to submit many of the elements that a commercial sponsor would include in an investigational new drug application. Read More