Skyline Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.’s SKG-1108, a novel one-time intravitreally delivered gene therapy, has been awarded U.S. orphan drug designation for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa.

Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. filed an NDA with the U.S. FDA for its radiopharmaceutical glioma imaging product, TLX-101-CDx (Pixclara, 18F-floretyrosine, 18F-FET), for the characterization of progressive or recurrent glioma from treatment-related changes in both adult and pediatric patients.

The European Court of Justice declared that the European Commission was out of bounds in attempting to thwart Illumina Inc.’s proposed reacquisition of Grail Inc., which Illumina said relieves it of a fine of roughly €430 million (US$474.92 million).

The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence sees some evidence that single-step insertions of scaffolds for knees with damaged cartilage offer significant benefits, calling for the use of registries for tracking of outcomes data.

Boston Scientific Corp. obtained a CE mark for its latest self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement technology, the Acurate Prime, opening up a new access point for increased sales and profitability in its structural heart division this year.

Highfield Biopharmaceuticals Inc. has filed an IND application with China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct a clinical trial of HF-50, an immunoliposome that directs T cells to attack solid tumors and enhances anticancer activity with an immune modulator.

The FDA has cleared an IND for a phase I/II trial of LA-GLA (GC-1134A, HM-15421), an innovative enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease being co-developed by GC Biopharma Corp. and Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Although last year’s massive U.S. launch of Humira biosimilars captured headlines, the market adoption of those competitors has been nothing to write home about, even with discounts as low as 85% off the innovator price.

Stimvia s.r.o. recently secured Medical Device Regulation certification for its Uris neuromodulation system to deliver both percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation and peroneal electrical transcutaneous neuromodulation to treat lower urinary tract symptoms.