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Enhanced access to real world data (RWD) sources critical to regulators, pharma companies and researchers is the objective for the two electronic catalogues launched last week by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA). Read More
This edition of Quick Notes looks at consequential new drug approvals, including a first drug for frostbite, a first of its kind gene therapy authorization for sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia, supplemental approvals for pancreatic and non-small cell lung cancer and a treatment for an inflammatory esophageal condition. Read More
Judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit have revived a nearly 12-year-old lawsuit that charged Sanofi with damaging the health of patients with a rare liver disease by selling virally contaminated Fabrazyme (agalsidase beta) the only medication approved for the condition — and then rationing it at drastically reduced doses. Read More
Wayne Pines, Senior Director at APCO Worldwide, a former associate commissioner of the FDA, and a member of the FDAnews Editorial Board, reviews the FDA’s recent actions related to marketing of drug products both to healthcare professionals and to consumers. Read More
The historic 2023 approval of OTC naloxone was a highlight of the FDA’s efforts to combat the opioid overdose crisis, according to CDER’s year-end report on drug safety actions. Read More
Despite its denial of any wrongdoing, Pfizer has agreed to a settlement payment of $93 million to finally erase 12 years of antitrust litigation with drug distributors involving Lipitor, the pharma giant’s cholesterol drug. Read More
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) have urged the FDA to take “swift” action to update its enforcement tools to address the alarming proliferation of dangerous and misleading social media content promoting prescription drugs. Read More
The Dayton Chamber of Commerce doesn’t represent any of the pharmaceutical giants affected by the drug negotiation provision of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), HHS says in its motion to dismiss the complaint, nor does the Chamber’s geographically limited purpose connect it to the issue. Read More
The FDA has issued final guidance on charging for investigational new drugs in clinical trials, offering a minor update to its recommendations. In addition, the agency has published new draft and revised product-specific guidances and extended the comment period for its guidance on trial master protocols. Read More
The presentation and accuracy of medical information through traditional and social media — and even the headlines that accompany it — directly impact the nation’s health, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf told a gathering of reporters Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Read More