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A pan-European health technology assessment body has recommended that EU cost-effectiveness evaluators compare new pharmaceuticals against the most relevant standards of care, in a new framework to harmonize different member states’ individual guidelines on making coverage decisions. Read More
The European Medicines Agency last week approved Boehringer Ingelheim’s lung cancer drug Vargatef for treating non-small cell lung adenocarcinomas. Read More
Endo and Bayer are suing generics maker Perrigo’s subsidiary Paddock Laboratories over its patent challenge to the brand firms’ testosterone replacement therapy Aveed. Read More
The European Medicines Agency has approved AstraZeneca’s Duaklir Genuair as a maintenance treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Read More
Manufacturers that adapt existing drugs and biologics to treat rare diseases could receive an additional six months of market exclusivity for the original indication under a new bipartisan House bill. Read More
The European Commission has approved Eli Lilly’s self-injectable diabetes drug Trulicity, a move that follows the FDA’s approval in September. Read More
The European Medicines Agency has approved an intramuscular long-acting form of Novartis’ Signifor for adults with the rare hormonal disorder acromegaly, which has not been controlled by surgery or older somatostatin analogue (SSA) therapies. Read More
Starting early next year, manufacturers will learn faster whether their drug applications have serious quality deficiencies under a sweeping reorganization of CDER’s quality functions into a new “super office.” Read More
Citing quality problems at two of Ranbaxy’s Indian manufacturing facilities, the FDA has revoked its tentative approvals for two of the company’s ANDAs, one for a generic of AstraZeneca blockbuster Nexium and the other for Hoffman-LaRoche AIDS drug Valycte. Read More