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The EU’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) isn’t supporting two drugs intended to treat patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Duchenne muscular — diseases that have also struggled to get approved treatments in the US. Read More
As the second session of the 118th Congress begins, FDAnews will track important pending legislation, that has been acted on since Dec. 31, 2023 to keep you updated on laws and regulations that could impact your business. Read More
The FDA is holding fast to the requirement that any facility administering these treatments needs to have on-site a minimum of two doses of tocilizumab. Read More
Assuring the consistent performance of a drug-delivery combination product through the outputs that measure that performance is the focus of an FDA draft guidance released July 1. Read More
This week, the FDA published a final guidance for small businesses on LDTs. The long-awaited draft guidance on diversity in clinical trials was also published. The agency modified its list of recognized standards and is seeking comments on its IT and customer experience strategies. Read More
This edition of Quick Notes features announcements of Merck’s acquisition of EyeBio, J&J’s agreement with Numab Therapeutics, Becton Dickinson’s acquisition of Edwards Lifesciences Critical Care product group and Boston Scientific’s purchase of Silk Road Medical. Read More
Most top-selling medications are protected by dozens of patents covering various ingredients. manufacturing processes, and intellectual property. Read More
Changes to the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for all six approved CAR-T cell therapies remove the requirement for providers to engage in specific educational activities and allow them to report adverse events directly to the FDA’s MedWatch reporting system. Read More
This month Takeda struggles to find the bright side of disappointing phase 3 data, Pfizer touts “unprecedented” lung cancer success, NS Pharma’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug fails in phase 3, and GLP1-agonists are not only reducing mortality, but getting a subdermal device makeover. Read More
Merck and Daiichi Sankyo’s non-small cell lung cancer drug suffered a setback with the companies’ receipt of an FDA complete response letter (CRL) identifying third party manufacturer inspection issues as the reason for rejecting the drug application. Read More
The ongoing effort by the FTC to remove what it labels improper and inaccurate — or “junk” — listings of drug patents in the FDA’s Orange Book continues, with all cited drugmakers refusing to delist the 300 patents called out by the commission on April 30. Read More