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FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn yesterday announced actions the agency is taking to speed development of treatments and diagnostic tests for the novel coronavirus, as several drugmakers race to develop a vaccine. Read More
Contract API manufacturer Precise Packaging failed to test raw materials and to document out-of-specification investigations, the FDA found in an inspection of the firm’s Fall River, Massachusetts plant. Read More
Trinidad-based OTC drug manufacturer CGA drew a warning letter from the FDA for serious GMP lapses including inadequate testing and producing an unapproved drug. Read More
Trials for hematologic malignancies can use measures of minimal residual disease (MRD) as a biomarker, according to a final guidance issued by the FDA that specifies the types and uses of measures the agency will accept. Read More
Gilead fired back at HHS’s patent infringement suit over its HIV drugs Truvada and Descovy, claiming that the patents the department is suing over are invalid. Read More
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) released a draft cost-benefit analysis comparing three sickle cell disease treatments — Novartis’ Adakveo, Global Blood Therapeutics’ Oxbryta and Emmaus Life Sciences’ Endari — predicting that the expected cost would exceed the benefit for all three products. Read More
The European Medicines Agency issued a draft paper to clarify the responsibilities of marketing authorization holders (MAHs) under the EU’s GMP regulations, which the EMA conceded can be confusing. Read More
CDER spelled out current good manufacturing practices for drug compounders that register as outsourcers in a new draft guidance — and noted when the FDA does not intend to take regulatory action. Read More