We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy.
The European Medicines Agency issued revised guidance on classification of advanced therapy medicinal products and the information that sponsors need to submit to the agency. Read More
Sanofi and Regeneron’s biweekly injectable Praluent effectively lowers bad LDL cholesterol and has few side effects, the FDA says in briefing materials released ahead of a Tuesday advisory committee meeting. Read More
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence issued draft guidance Friday on two prostate cancer drugs, recommending Bayer’s Xofigo while declining to endorse Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ Firmagon. Read More
Buyers of heartburn drug Nexium are seeking an injunction against Ranbaxy and AstraZeneca in pay-for-delay litigation, arguing that their motion is supported by a recent Second Circuit ruling upholding an injunction requiring Actavis to keep an older version of Alzheimer’s drug Namenda on the market. Read More
ISPE’s Quality Metrics Pilot Program shows that it’s feasible for drugmakers to collect and submit a standardized set of metrics data to the FDA, but not without considerable cost, a final report on phase one of the pilot concludes. Read More
The NIH Clinical Center suspended operations of its Pharmaceutical Development Section, effective Thursday, due to serious manufacturing problems and lack of compliance with standard operating procedures discovered during an FDA investigation. Read More
Members of the FDA’s Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee voted 18-6 Thursday to recommend approval of Sprout’s female sexual dysfunction drug, despite lingering safety concerns. Read More
A federal appeals court is considering whether to lift a temporary injunction that bars Sandoz from marketing its Zarxio-sndz biosimilar pending an outcome in patent infringement litigation involving reference product maker Amgen’s blockbuster chemotherapy drug Neupogen. Read More
ISPE’s quality metrics team has settled on 13 metrics that it will ask drugmakers to collect data on during the second phase of a pilot program meant to help the FDA boost quality compliance. Read More
Genzyme said Thursday that it has received FDA breakthrough therapy designation for olipudase alfa, an enzyme replacement therapy for patients with nonneurological manifestations of acid sphingomyelinase deficiency, also known as Niemann-Pick disease type B. Read More