It’s been nearly five years since the U.S. FDA, under the first Trump administration, issued a final rule and guidance on state importation plans (SIP) for importing less expensive prescription drugs from Canada. Yet only one state, Florida, has an approved SIP. In hopes of adding to that number, the FDA is enhancing its drug importation program to ease the way for states and tribes to bring prescription medicines in from Canada, at Canadian prices.
While the U.S. has historically led the global pharmaceutical industry by pursuing both continual innovation and high quality, those strengths could become areas of weakness in times of political uncertainty, according to PA Consulting expert Andy Prinz.
While the U.S. has historically led the global pharmaceutical industry by pursuing both continual innovation and high quality, those strengths could become areas of weakness in times of political uncertainty, according to PA Consulting expert Andy Prinz.
For the pharmaceutical industry caught in the crosshairs of a potential trade war, the consequences of U.S. tariffs on China or Europe remain largely speculative, although both would be detrimental, according to a Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization (KoreaBIO) issue briefing Feb. 7.
For the pharmaceutical industry caught in the crosshairs of a potential trade war, the consequences of U.S. tariffs on China or Europe remain largely speculative, although both would be detrimental, according to a Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization (KoreaBIO) issue briefing Feb. 7.
As more Asia biotechs turn to regenerative medicine to address disorders without a cure, Medipost Inc. is continuing global expansion with Cartistem, its allogeneic human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cell product that gained clearance in South Korea in 2012 to treat knee osteoarthritis.
As more Asia biotechs turn to regenerative medicine to address disorders without a cure, Medipost Inc. is continuing global expansion with Cartistem, its allogeneic human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cell product that gained clearance in South Korea in 2012 to treat knee osteoarthritis.
The U.S. FDA has approved the second hemophilia drug in nearly six months from Pfizer Inc. This one, Hympavzi (marstacimab), is for preventing or reducing bleeding in those age 12 and older with hemophilia A and B. Hympavzi heralds a couple of market boundary breakers: it’s the first and only anti-tissue factor pathway inhibitor approved in the U.S. for hemophilia A or B and the first hemophilia medicine approved in the U.S. to be administered using a pre-filled, auto-injector pen.
The first patenting to be published in the name of Wave View Imaging Inc. sees its co-founders file for additional protection of their imaging technology which can be used to monitor breast cancer treatment.
For the third time in as many years, Health Canada, the U.S. FDA and the UK Medicines and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency have teamed up to issue a set of recommendations for artificial intelligence used in or as a medical device.
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