Iecure Inc. has received clearance from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of the company’s clinical trial notification (CTN) for ECUR-506 (formerly GTP-506), an investigational therapy in development for the treatment of ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency in pediatric (or neonatal) patients.

The U.S. FDA is assembling a new advisory committee specifically focused on treatments for genetic metabolic diseases. The Genetic Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee, or GeMDAC, will be tasked with providing agency reviewers independent expert recommendations regarding regulatory applications as well as advice on scientific and policy issues.

Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Ion Beam, CMI, Life Molecular, Rapid Medical, Xpan.

The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is not utterly opposed to the use of mechanical thrombectomy as a treatment for pulmonary embolism, but the agency believes that the outcomes data for high-risk patients are lacking.

Artificial intelligence has morphed from a buzzword referencing a popular curiosity to a series of national security and competitiveness considerations, which was reflected in the tone of a recent hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Gigagen Inc., a subsidiary of Grifols SA, has received clearance from the FDA of its IND application to conduct a phase I trial of GIGA-564 for the treatment of solid tumors.

Sanofi SA backed out of its $750 million effort to advance Maze Therapeutics Inc.’s oral Pompe disease candidate, MZE-001, after the U.S. FTC filed a federal lawsuit to block the deal, claiming the Paris-based firm was seeking to eliminate a nascent competitor.

China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved Zhejiang Jingxin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s dimdazenil (EVT-201) for short-term treatment of insomnia. Jingxin filed the NDA in China in April 2022.