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The pandemic has exposed longstanding vulnerabilities in the U.S. medical supply chain as well an overreliance on China and other countries, according to a new report on drug shortages by the majority staff on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Read More
Private group or individual health plans would be required to cover one of each insulin dosage form (a vial or pen) and insulin type (rapid-acting, short-acting, intermediate-acting and long-acting) for no more than $35 per month. Read More
The Biden administration’s fiscal 2024 budget request dedicates a total of $59 million for new efforts to increase drug and device supply chain security, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told Congress last week. Read More
The International Council for Harmonization (ICH) has finalized a new guideline covering nonclinical considerations for gene therapies, setting the stage for individual ICH member nations to accept and release their own versions of the guideline. Read More
Sponsors of new oncology drugs and biologics that aim to apply for Accelerated Approval (AA) should use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design rather than a single-arm trial in most cases, the FDA advises in new draft guidance issued last week. Read More
The company also relied on suppliers’ certificates of analysis for incoming components “without establishing the reliability of [the] suppliers’ test results,” the agency said. Read More
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has proposed major reforms to its clinical trial regulations — including a 30-day maximum for reviewing new trial applications and a 10-day maximum for granting a decision after receiving requested follow-up information. Read More
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware not to dismiss the suit brought by Sage Chemical and its marketing partner TruPharma against Supernus Pharmaceuticals over alleged blocking of generic competition. Read More
The FDA is standing up a new program to provide a framework for regulators, researchers and the public to explore how digital health technologies (DHT) — such as mobile medical apps and wearable devices — can advance drug development. Read More
Members of an FDA advisory committee agreed in a 5-3 vote yesterday that clinical data on Biogen’s tofersen — a first-in-class drug candidate for a rare type of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — didn’t support a full approval, but said it might pass muster for an Accelerated Approval. Read More
Dunagin Pharmaceuticals of Rogers, Ark., received an FDA warning letter for manufacturing drugs on the same equipment used to manufacture non-drug products and failing to test samples of product components for its pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical dental care products, among other lapses. Read More