Less than a week after approving Johnson & Johnson’s bispecific antibody, Talvey (talquetamab-tgvs), for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (r/r MM) under accelerated review, the U.S. FDA has followed suit with Pfizer Inc.’s equivalent, Elrexfio (elranatamab-bcmm). The accelerated clearance of Elrexfio – a B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) bispecific antibody that targets BCMA on myeloma cells and the CD3 receptor on T cells – covers it for adult patients who have received at least four prior lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.
The Biden administration recently announced an extension of the comment period for a request for information on harmonization of cybersecurity regulation, a proposal that could conflict with FDA regulation of medical device cybersecurity.
Oricell Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has become the latest Chinese biotech to advance an independently developed CAR T therapy, announcing Aug. 10 that China’s regulatory body gave IND approval for Oricar-017. Oricar-017 is the Shanghai-based biotech’s GPRC5D-directed CAR T therapy developed to treat patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
Delcath Systems Inc. reported that the FDA approved its Hepzato Kit for the treatment of adults with unresectable hepatic-dominant metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM). The FDA nod also triggered a second tranche of financing of approximately $35 million from a private placement in March.
Boston Scientific Corp. has managed its Polarx device to another regulatory approval, this time a nod from the U.S. FDA, giving the company access to one of the world's premier markets. The news comes four months after the company obtained a CE mark for the device, opening the door to two jumbo markets in a move the company hopes will ensure the device will provide solid returns on its investment.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Delcath Systems, Foundation Medicine, Tempus Labs.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: J&J, Lactiga, Mymd, PDS, Revance, Valneva.
An updated trial protocol providing expanded bridging therapies are part of the agreement between the U.S. FDA and Arcellx Inc. that allows the lifting of the partial clinical hold on the company’s pivotal phase II study of CAR T-cell therapy CART-ddBCMA in multiple myeloma (MM).
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Cantargia, Precigen, Pyc, Zumutor.
A recent bipartisan request for funding of a study on replacing U.S. drug patents with cash prizes is just one more symptom of a larger global malady that makes patents the scapegoat for bigger problems that have nothing to do with intellectual property (IP), David Kappos, board co-chair of the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), told BioWorld.
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