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Drugmakers under consent decrees with the FDA may be able to deduct some payments made as part of their settlement with the agency when they file their tax returns, according to an informal opinion by the Internal Revenue Service’s chief counsel. Read More
Merck and Samsung Bioepis said Wednesday that their biosimilars for Enbrel and Remicade both met primary endpoints in pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials, putting them on the path to filing regulatory submissions. Read More
For the second time in two days, the FDA has recommended approval of a PCSK9 inhibitor as an effective and relatively safe means of lowering bad LDL cholesterol. Read More
The Goldwater Institute is suing the FDA after it denied the group’s Freedom of Information Act request for information on the process the agency used in allowing two Americans to be treated with an investigational anti-Ebola drug. Read More
The European Medicines Agency Wednesday released final guidance on the primary and secondary endpoints sponsors should use to evaluate drugs to treat acute heart failure — along with recommendations on designing and conducting such studies in children. Read More
The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy status for Genentech's scleroderma treatment Actemra, guaranteeing the drug a six-month review rather than the usual 10 months. Read More
The Australian government has developed a framework for measuring the performance of its regulatory agencies, in an effort to increase transparency and cut down on practices that impede the operations of regulated industries. Read More
The Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 13 to 3 Tuesday to recommend approval of Sanofi and Regeneron’s cholesterol-lowering drug Praluent, but said more data is needed to support the drug’s effect on cardiovascular outcomes. Read More
A year after a consortium of stakeholders issued a proposed wish-list of approaches to the development of drugs for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, the FDA yesterday issued draft guidance giving drugmakers more leeway in how those drugs are created. Read More