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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revamped its recommendations for prescribing opioids, nixing controversial dose and duration limits from 2016 that critics say hurt patients who needed opioids. Read More
The Orphan Drug designation is for drug or biological products to prevent, diagnose or treat rare diseases or conditions that affect fewer than 200,000 patients in the United States. Read More
Sponsors should be prepared to discuss proposed labeling for combination oncology drug regimens with the FDA in pre-application meetings, the agency said in a final guidance released yesterday. Read More
Sovereign Pharmaceuticals, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in Fort Worth, Texas, has received an FDA warning letter citing multiple quality control issues that led to inconsistent tablet weights. Read More
The FDA is changing its definition of face-to-face meetings to clarify that they include both in-person meetings and virtual meetings on audio- and video-enabled platforms. But at the moment it won’t be holding in-person meetings. Read More
An FDA advisory committee voted 13-0 yesterday in favor of the agency’s long-term strategy for its Knowledge-Aided Assessment and Structured Application (KASA) program, including expanding it from just generic drugs to new drugs and biologics assessments over the next five years. Read More
The FDA handed Lupin a warning letter citing the company’s failure to correct cross-contamination issues noted in an inspection of its manufacturing plant in Palghar, India, earlier this year. Read More
Two gene replacement therapies to combat hemophilia are worth multimillion dollar price tags because they would eliminate the need for ongoing treatment with high-priced anticoagulant drugs, says the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). Read More
An FDA advisory committee voted 9-0 yesterday in favor of the agency’s proposal to create an as-yet undefined rating system to incentivize drug manufacturers to adopt more mature quality management practices. Read More