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Immediately after the FDA rejected Novartis’s 2022 citizen petition for the agency to refrain from approving generic versions of its cardiac drug Entresto (sacubitril and valsartan), the company has filed a lawsuit against the FDA for approval of a generic version. Read More
Manufacturers of drugs, biologics and medical devices should be harnessing real-world data (RWD) at the postmarket stage, not just to support regulatory compliance but to generate ideas for innovative new products or indications, according to a former FDA official. Read More
Wayne Pines, senior director at APCO Worldwide, a former associate commissioner of the FDA, and a member of the FDAnews Editorial Board, provides his perspective on the likely direction of health product policies after the presidential election in November. Read More
The FDA issued six Warning Letters — to sellers including Amazon and Walmart — and created a drug safety page concerning sales of chemical skin peel products due to risk of serious skin injuries. Read More
Kaleo received an “untitled letter” from the FDA Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) because one of the company’s social media posts for Auvi-Q (epinephrine injection) does not include any risk information about the drug. Read More
The FDA has posted six user fee schedules for FY 2025 on the Federal Register showing increases of up to 44 percent — the highest being for biosimilars. Read More
FDA recently added resources for the 2023 guidance “Digital Health Technologies for Remote Data Acquisition in Clinical Investigations” to its Guidance Snapshot Pilot Program webpage. Read More
Brassica Pharma, a maker of sterile semi-solids, received an FDA Warning Letter for failure to test every batch for sterility as well as fabrication of test results for batches not tested, among other violations. Read More
Despite another attempt by Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals to regain market exclusivity for its injectable neuroendocrine tumor drug Somatuline Depot (lanreotide), an appeals court has ruled once more in favor of the FDA. Read More
A federal grand jury in Houston has indicted an Indian national with selling and shipping tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of counterfeit oncology pharmaceuticals into the US. Read More
A supplemental BLA for AstraZeneca’s blockbuster cancer drug Imfinzi (durvalumab) for treatment of nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) hit a potential speed bump Thursday in a review by the FDA’s oncology advisory panel of the supporting clinical trial. Read More
In this edition of Quick Notes, we cover a workshop on psychedelics, regulations on substances of human origin, selection of the COVID-19 strain for the next vaccines and a 483 for Swiss company Lonza. Read More