Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Hologic, Masimo, Quotient, Zymo Research.
A revised U.S. label for Glaxosmithkline plc's Nucala (mepolizumab) has expanded the first-in-class anti-IL-5 treatment's approval to hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), a group of rare disorders associated with persistent eosinophilia. It's the new therapy approved for Americans with HES in nearly 14 years, according to the FDA. An EMA filing in HES is expected later this year.
With only days left before Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. planned to initiate a phase II/III trial of its COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate, INO-4800, and its accompanying delivery device, the FDA placed a partial clinical hold on the company’s study. This is the study’s second delay as the company originally planned to begin in July or August. November is now the earliest potential start date. Inovio told BioWorld that the company and its partners are continuing to prepare for the phase II/III trial “following resolution of the FDA’s partial clinical hold.”
The U.S. pathway for legally importing certain prescription drugs from Canada to take advantage of lower prices is closer to opening for business with the FDA issuing a final rule and guidance on making it happen.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbvie, Aligos, Apollomics, Aquestive, Avrobio, Biomed Valley, Cipla, CSL, FSD, Gilead, Glaxosmithkline, Heron, Huya, Inceptua, Inovio, Khondrion, Orchard, Shionogi, Stemedica, Xcures.
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