The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: Final analysis: hydroxychloroquine offers no benefit; FDA finalizes PDUFA VI fee guidance.
The controversy over the U.S. FDA’s authority to regulate lab-developed tests (LDTs) took on a new set of considerations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a June 22 memo by HHS General Counsel Robert Charrow pokes holes in the FDA’s argument on several fronts. Among these is the question of whether an LDT can be regulated by the FDA, given that a test is not usually offered for sale across state lines.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Elekta, Genscript.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: FDA tweaks export final guidance per CARES Act; OIG: CMS should act to recover payments for device credits.
Talk turned skeptical well before lunchtime in the meeting of the FDA’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee to consider Biogen Inc.’s aducanumab for Alzheimer’s disease, and it stayed that way until the end, when panelists voted thumbs down.
LONDON – After a year in the mill, the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has put proposals for how it intends to evaluate drugs, devices and diagnostics in the future out for consultation.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: NICE reviews Dexcom’s G6; Ortho claims EUA for antigen test with 100% sensitivity.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Astrazeneca, Astellas, Basilea, Gosun, Bristol Myers Squibb, Lipocine, Sarepta, Sedor, Senhwa.