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The FDA is considering employing unmanned aerial drones to aid in facility inspections, although it’s unclear whether that would encompass drug manufacturing plants. Read More
Addressing the ANDA backlog, setting up the pharmaceutical quality office, and issuing final guidance on abuse-deterrent opioids are among the roughly dozen top priorities for CDER in 2015. Read More
The FDA has approved AbbVie’s hepatitis C drug Viekira Pak under a breakthrough therapy designation, marking the fourth drug authorized in the past year to treat the chronic liver infection. Read More
The FDA wants everyone to know that it doesn’t have a drone program in place, nor is it exploring the technology for inspections or surveillance. Read More
A European Medicines Agency advisory panel has recommended approval of Orexigen’s weight-loss drug Mysimba, alongside diet and exercise in overweight or obese adults. Read More
Phase II trials of a much-lauded Ebola vaccine have been pushed back until at least the second week of February, after African regulators asked GlaxoSmithKline for more information about the upcoming studies. Read More
Drugmakers can now receive a priority review voucher for a separate product, and redeem it within three months, if they pursue development of Ebola treatments. Read More
The FDA plans to more than triple its staff in China from eight direct hires to 26, advancing a key agency goal of increasing the number of inspections it conducts in the country, the sixth largest exporter of drugs and biologics to the U.S. Read More