In a one-two-punch to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the U.S. FTC announced Feb. 4 what it’s calling a “landmark settlement” with the Cigna Group’s Express Scripts Inc. and its affiliates that will require fundamental changes to the company’s business practices.
The U.S. FDA released the latest version of its premarket cybersecurity guidance regarding medical devices, replacing the 2025 edition and offering recommendations on implementing measures for preventing digital attacks or authorized access.
At a recent Cabinet meeting, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy reportedly said he expected Trumprx to probably go live within 10 days. That was Jan. 29, two days before HHS was once again forced to shut down many of its activities due to a congressional gridlock over a fiscal 2026 appropriations package to keep the department and several others open beyond Jan. 30.
The U.S. FDA is now accepting requests from biopharma companies to participate in its new Precheck pilot program, which is intended to make it faster and easier for companies to relocate their prescription drug manufacturing to the U.S.
Sciwind Biosciences Co. Ltd. said Jan. 30 it won Chinese approval for self-developed glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, ecnoglutide (Xianyida), to treat adults with type 2 diabetes.
It’s not often that disclosure of a complete response letter (CRL) causes a company’s share price to rise, but that was case for Aquestive Therapeutics Inc., which saw its stock (NASDAQ:AQST) rise 39% to close Feb. 2 at $4.10 on news the U.S. FDA has declined – for now – to approve the NDA for Anaphylm (dibutepinephrine), delaying the commercial entry of what could be the first oral alternative to Epipen.
Elevar Therapeutics Inc. appointed Kim Dong-gun (DG) as CEO Jan. 29, as the company focuses on post-NDA strategies for lirafugratinib in bile duct cancer, and the twice-rejected rivoceranib-camrelizumab combination for liver cancer.
The EMA has started a review of Amgen Inc.’s Tavneos (avacopan) after questions were raised about the integrity of the data in the Advocate study that the agency assessed when granting approval of the vasculitis treatment in January 2022.
A new draft guidance for organ procurement organizations doing business in the U.S. would seem to tackle some pressing issues with organ donation, such as the conditions in which a problem qualifies as an adverse event. Perhaps of greater interest to companies in the organ container business is that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is intent on increasing the availability of organ donations to deal with an insatiable demand for donated organs.
The days of the U.S. FDA considering as trade secrets country-of-origin info for drugs and their ingredients have to end, the Senate Aging Committee was told at a Jan. 29 hearing on truth in drug labeling.
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