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This month, FDAnews tackles Amgen’s promising phase 2 study on tarlatamab for SCLC, AbbVie’s Skyrizi and Lilly’s Mirikizumab take on Stelara and 10 year study results for Roche’s Ocrevus for multiple sclerosis. Read More
Many pre-approval inspections that were in limbo because of the backlog during the pandemic are now going ahead and the uptick could result in more product approvals, according to regulatory attorney Cathy Burgess, a partner in the law firm Alston & Bird. Read More
Over the past week, the FDA issued final guidances on enforcement for certain supplements for PMA or HDE submissions and clinical electronic thermometers enforcement policy. The agency is also proposing to exempt certain clinical electronic thermometers without telethermography from premarket notification requirements. Read More
CBER intends to use feedback from the campaign to plan such future activities as workshops, internal CBER research initiatives, training activities, or strategic planning. Read More
In this edition of Quick Notes, we cover drug approvals for Roche’s Vabysmo for macular edema, Servier’s Tibsovo for treatment of IDH1, Coherus’ and Shanghai Junshi Biosciences’ Loqtorzi for nasopharyngeal cancer, Santhera Pharmaceuticals’ Agamree for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Eli Lilly’s Omvoh for treatment of ulcerative colitis. Read More
After receiving an FDA notice of insanitary conditions at the Velocity Pharma supply plant, Cardinal Health and the Harvard Drug Group are voluntarily recalling all lots of their Velocity-produced ophthalmic products. Read More
A district court has ruled against an Alvogen subsidiary challenging the FDA’s rejection of its ANDA for a “skinny version” of Silax Pharmaceuticals’ blockbuster irritable bowel syndrome drug Xifaxan (rifaximin). Read More
Biotech products comprise nearly one-third of the $1.5 trillion global pharmaceutical market this year, according to a new Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD) study, with sales growing at five times the rate of traditional pharmaceuticals and hitting $466.3 billion in 2022. Read More
Vertex doesn’t need to do any more safety studies to identify potential off-target effects for exa-cel (exagamglogene autotemcel), its investigational gene-editing therapy designed to cure sickle cell disease, an FDA advisory committee decided. Read More
Despite missing its pivotal phase 3 primary efficacy endpoint, Sarepta is sailing confidently into a supplemental application to remove the age limitation on Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl), its gene therapy for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Read More
CBER has launched an online crowdsourcing campaign that asks stakeholders what they see as the major advances in biological product development likely to emerge in the next three to ten years, including novel products and manufacturing methods. Read More