China’s NMPA has given 10 of Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd.’s skin repair products medical device registration certificates. The products are developed by its medical aesthetics platform, Beijing Meiyan Kongjian Biology Medicine Co. Ltd.

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd. and Mabwell Bioscience Co. Ltd. have won marketing approval for the adalimumab biosimilar Junmaikang from China’s NMPA for the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriasis. It’s Mabwell Bio’s first commercial product.

Vena Medical Inc. received Health Canada approval for a device that combines two neurovascular catheters that typically work separately to remove clots from the brains of people who have suffered stroke.

The FDA continues its tight surveillance of rapid antigen tests for the COVID-19 pandemic and has issued three safety communications advising against the use of these tests thus far in the month of March. In each instance, the test is made by the manufacturer of name, but was not authorized in the U.S., making these misbranded products despite their legal use in other nations.

The U.S. FDA does not have legal authority to impose recalls on most regulated products, making the March 3 final guidance for voluntary recalls a key policy declaration for industry. The guidance recommends that recalling firms make extensive use of electronic communication to announce a recall, but the referenced FDA guidance for electronic communications was finalized in 2006 and makes no reference to social media as an electronic conduit for recall information.

Amgen Inc.’s pioneering lung cancer drug, Lumykras (sotorasib), is set to become available to NHS patients in England, after cost-effectiveness body NICE recommended financing from the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) in final draft guidance.