Merck & Co. Inc. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics Inc. are planning a U.S. emergency filing for potentially the first oral antiviral for COVID-19, after a phase III trial showed molnupiravir cut risk of hospitalization or death by around 50%.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Alzamend, Alzinova, Basilea, Bexion, Cantargia, Diamedica, Glenmark, Immix, Jubilant, Liscure, Mirum, Pfizer, Reata, Selecta, TG.
The FDA’s 2019 approval of Jacobus Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.’s Ruzurgi to treat children ages 6 to 17 with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome must be set aside because it violated the Orphan Drug Act in light of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s seven-year orphan exclusivity for its LEMS drug, Firdapse, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled Sept. 30.
As if it were needed, Amicus Therapeutics Inc.’s spin-off of its gene therapy work and PDUFA VII’s provisions to increase the capacity of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research offered further proof this week of the global explosion that’s happening in the regenerative medicine field.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: AB Science, Abbvie, Acacia, Alnylam, Amicus, Bridgebio, Catalyst, Eli Lilly, Everest, Helsinn, Pharmazz, Recursion, Taysha.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: AB Science, Ascentage, Cantargia, Incyte, Innovent, Lion, Novavax, Psybio, Serum, Wake.
As expected, Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc. won FDA clearance for Livmarli (maralixibat), a minimally absorbed ileal bile acid transporter inhibitor, for cholestatic pruritus in patients with the rare liver disease Alagille syndrome, 1 year of age and older.
The FDA unveiled a draft guidance addressing the responsibilities of clinical investigators for safety reporting for investigational drugs and devices, a novel attempt to combine the disparate adverse event reporting timelines for investigational drugs and devices.
With the FDA approval of Abbvie Inc.’s Qulipta (atogepant) to prevent episodic migraine in adults, the oral calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist became the first specifically developed for preventing migraine.
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