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The Therapeutic Goods Administration is looking to Europe for guidance on drug development, including clinical development of biosimilar drugs, investigations of lipid disorder therapies and evaluations of bacterial infections. Read More
The FDA has stepped up its enforcement of compounding pharmacy quality violations that occurred before a new law took effect that boosted agency powers, a move that some industry players contend is unjust. Read More
A former FDA employee plans to press forward with efforts to remove Lasik eye surgery devices from the market following the agency’s denial of his citizen petition seeking the ban. Read More
A federal court has ruled that generic manufacturer Mylan does not have to recall its already-shipped versions of Hospira’s sedative Precedex, a move that reverses the court’s earlier mandate to recall all existing generic versions of the drug. Read More
Teva Pharmaceutical is pulling 3,881 bottles of a generic combination drug to treat Parkinson’s disease because the tablets are potentially “superpotent,” marking another recall for the company this year. Read More
Indian generics maker Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories is under investigation for allegedly selling prescription drugs without sufficient child-resistant packaging, the company revealed. Read More
The FDA has cited two compounding pharmacies for making unapproved and contaminated drugs, and for poor sterile processing practices, the latest indication that the agency won’t let up on larger facilities. Read More
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals said the FDA has closed out a warning letter stemming from overblown claims its CEO made on TV, but the company still faces a federal investigation and lawsuit surrounding its marketing practices. Read More
Taiwan-based TWi Pharmaceuticals has won final FDA approval for a generic version of Par Pharmaceutical’s AIDS drug Megace ES, but the product’s launch remains on hold as the brandmaker appeals its 2011 patent infringement lawsuit. Read More
Biogen Idec said it will launch its multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera within three months in England and Wales following a final coverage recommendation this week from the UK healthcare pricing watchdog. Read More
Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly’s type 2 diabetes drug Jardiance has received a preliminary thumbs-down from the UK’s healthcare cost watchdog, which wants to see more cost-effectiveness data comparing the new product with other existing treatments. Read More