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The Delhi high court on Friday set aside a government order rejecting Gilead’s patent for hepatitis C treatment Sovaldi, saying the Office of Patents Designs and Trademark had made procedural errors in issuing its decision. Read More
Japanese regulators are weighing whether the agency will need to begin approving some drugs based on Phase II trial data as they implement approval processes for personalized drug products. Read More
Drugmakers should review their inspection standard operating procedures for producing off-site records and allowing FDA investigators to take photos or conduct interviews of employees, following new agency guidance on the topics. Read More
The FDA emphasized flexibility in a final guidance that attempts to harmonize U.S. and International Conference on Harmonisation drug photosafety testing requirements. Read More
The Senate is joining the effort to make the FDA more efficient at approving new drugs, laying out criticisms that the agency is slow and inefficient in a report released yesterday and planning hearings on the issue in the spring. Read More
Reaction is mixed to proposed legislation to revamp portions of the FDA’s drug approvals process, with generics makers already pushing back against a proposal to extend a drug’s patent protection if it serves unmet needs while others are praising parts of the bill that would speed up and simplify approvals. Read More
India’s medicines authority Wednesday detailed a proposed set of steps drugmakers must take to schedule presubmission screening meetings with drug reviewers — codifying an informal system that was launched several years ago. Read More
Europe’s brand and generic drugmakers are proposing a coordinated approach for regulators and industry to quickly identify and respond to drug shortages caused by manufacturing and quality issues. Read More
The House Energy & Commerce Committee that oversees the FDA is planning an overhaul of agency procedures to increase orphan drug development, streamline clinical trials oversight, give industry incentives to find new uses for old drugs and expand U.S. drug manufacturing. Read More
President Obama will ask Congress to approve more than $1.2 billion in funding — nearly double the current amount — to fuel development of new antibiotics. Read More