Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Astrazeneca, Biontech, Genentech, Pfizer.
Although the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act charges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with negotiating prices of the Part B and D drugs with the highest Medicare spend, the first two rounds of negotiations will focus solely on Part D drugs, which are dispensed through pharmacies.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Astrazeneca, Avillion, Eisai, Intellia, SFA, Takeda, Union.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the incoming chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, penned a blistering letter that takes Moderna Inc. CEO Stéphane Bancel to task over the company’s plans to more than quadruple the U.S. list price of its COVID-19 vaccine once the government’s supply is depleted.
China's National Healthcare Security Administration will not be adding Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid to its list of medicines covered by basic medical insurance schemes in the country, due to its high prices.
Proposed mergers with Chinese companies will likely be subject to increased scrutiny from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) as evidenced by the temporary hold placed on the merger between F-star Therapeutics Ltd. and Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.’s Invox Pharma Ltd. that was announced in June 2022.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Can-Fite, Dizal, Minerva, Qualigen, Renexxion, Treadwell.
Citing federal preemption, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit tossed multidistrict litigation (MDL) involving GSK plc’s labeling of Zofran, an antiemetic approved for postoperative use and in conjunction with chemo or radiation, but that is commonly used off-label in pregnancy.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Biogen, Biora, Cantex, Eisai, Hifibio, Ideaya, Immorna, Krystal, Neurelis, Otsuka, Phio, Revance, Santhera, Secura, SK, Tenaya.
In the wake of ongoing criticism over the U.S. FDA’s 2021 accelerated approval of Biogen Inc.’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, the percentage of novel drugs receiving accelerated approval last year was the lowest it’s been since 2018.
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