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In a decision that expands Sovaldi’s market dominance, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Friday approved compassionate use of the Gilead drug with ledipasvir to treat patients with hepatitis C genotype 1. Read More
The FDA is proposing to extend new chemical entity (NCE) market exclusivity for certain fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs from three to five years, bowing to industry and congressional demands that more incentives are needed to pursue the costly products. Read More
After operating its OTC drug review process largely unchanged for 40 years, the FDA has concluded the process needs an overhaul to address long-standing problems. Read More
Troubled drug compounder and repackager Medisca has landed in hot water with the FDA again after the agency found a different type of drug in recalled lots of L-citrulline. Read More
Ben Venue is working with the FDA on a recall of its acetylcysteine solution 10 percent USP, after a single glass particle was found in just one vial of a lot of the drug. Read More
Chinese inspectors will focus their reviews on production technologies, raw materials, adverse event reports and a company’s past inspection track record when they conduct quality inspections. Read More
The FDA is currently recruiting and training seven investigators for its India office, growing the agency’s in-country American staff acting from 12 to 19. Read More
Drugmakers should clearly define their validation activities in a validation master plan that accounts for the lifecycle of a product and related plant equipment, the European Commission says. Read More
Israeli-owned RedHill Biopharma and Canada’s IntelGenx have received a complete response letter from the FDA for their RHB-103 migraine drug, which cites problems with the pharma partners’ third-party chemistry, manufacturing and controls, packaging and labeling issues. Read More
The FDA has upgraded the status of Hospira’s troubled Rocky Mount, N.C., manufacturing plant to allow it to begin using the facility to manufacture new products. Read More