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As part of its efforts to harmonize with international standards for exchange of medicinal product data, the FDA has issued a final guidance on the use of five International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Identification of Medicinal Products (IDMP) standards. Read More
A federal court has ruled the FDA must share with Vanda Pharmaceutical its internal deliberation notes on why it denied Vanda’s supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for its sleep-disorder drug Hetlioz (tasimelteon) for jet lag. Read More
GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN — The approval of two Alzheimer’s disease-modifying therapies is giving the field a much-needed shot in the arm, experts said during a panel discussion at the Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease 2023 meeting. Read More
If the FDA is forced to go back to fiscal 2022 levels — as House Republicans are proposing — there will be fewer inspections, new drug products won’t get approved and drug companies will flock to other countries, said FDA Commissioner Robert Califf during a fiscal 2024 budget hearing on Wednesday. Read More
Esperion is suing Daiichi Sankyo over a failure to pay a $300 million milestone payment for the cardiovascular drug Nexletol (bempedoic acid), a treatment for heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Read More
The FDA has approved the first over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone nasal spray — Emergent BioSolutions’ opioid overdose therapy Narcan, 4 mg — and is encouraging other producers to apply for OTC status. Read More