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AstraZeneca has sued to block an Arkansas law that requires the company to ship its drugs to any pharmacy — for-profit or otherwise — working with hospitals participating in the controversial 340B federal discount program. Read More
Comments filed on the FDA’s proposed guidance on potency assurance for cellular and gene therapy (CGT) products reflect the intricacies that set these treatments apart from drug interventions. Read More
Six manufacturers of numbing gels, creams and sprays marketed to relieve pain from cosmetic procedures have received FDA Warning Letters for concentrations of lidocaine in their products in excess of the allowance of 4 percent for OTC topical pain relief products. Read More
The FDA’s guidance on the quantity of bioavailability (BA) and bioequivalence (BE) testing samples to be retained by NDA applicants and contract research organizations (CRO) contains both draft and final language focusing on both the test article and reference standard. Read More
The recruitment and retention of Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) program investigators has been a thorn in the side of the FDA that’s negatively impacted trial inspections, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit has found. Read More
Closing on May 31, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has opened a second consultation for its guideline on requirements for investigational advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) in clinical trials. Read More
The FDA on Monday announced creation of the new Quantitative Medicine (QM) Center of Excellence to facilitate and coordinate the continuous evolution and consistent application of QM across CDER. Read More
The FTC has filed an amicus brief in a suit between Teva Pharmaceuticals and Amneal Pharmaceuticals, supporting Amneal and saying Teva has improperly listed the patents in dispute in the FDA’s Orange Book, and urged the court to order Teva’s listings removed. Read More
This edition of Quick Notes reviews four CHMP positive opinions, including a once-weekly insulin treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes, an oral monotherapy for patients with a rare blood disease, a new antibiotic to treat multi-drug resistant bacteria, and a generic multiple sclerosis drug treatment. Read More