Sinaptica Therapeutics Inc. received a U.S. FDA breakthrough device designation for its electromagnetic therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. Sinaptistim-AD combines neurostimulation, brain wave monitoring and artificial intelligence (AI) to address the cognitive and functional decline in patients with the neurological disorder.
The U.S. FDA wants more data on PTC-518 before PTC Therapeutics Inc.'s phase II study of Huntington’s disease can continue enrollment. While stopped in the U.S., the study of the oral, small-molecule splicing modifier still is enrolling participants at sites in several European countries and in Australia.
In a bit of déjà vu, the U.S. FDA’s Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee once again voted that Makena (hydroxyprogesterone caproate) should be withdrawn from the U.S. market while a second confirmatory trial is designed and conducted. But this time around, the committee’s 14-1 vote was much more decisive than its 9-7 vote in 2019.
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Rainmed Medical Ltd.'s coronary angiography-derived fractional flow reserve system (caFFR system) was approved by Australia’s TGA for precision diagnosis of coronary artery diseases.
Sino Medical Sciences Technology Inc. received marketing approval from China’s NMPA for its drug eluting stent system to improve vascular stenosis in patients with localized ischemic heart disease. The product is designed to improve the speed of wound healing and accelerate the recovery of vascular endothelium after stent implantation. It fits vessels with a diameter of 2.25 mm to 4.00 mm and a lesion length of less than or equal to 40 mm.
A vaccine for dengue fever, an advanced therapy for a complication after transplants, and a potential first-in-class drug for a form of psoriasis were among medicines recommended for approval by European regulators on Oct. 14.
The White House laid out several timelines Oct. 18 as part of a national biodefense strategy for countering biological threats and enhancing global pandemic preparedness.
South Korea’s drug regulator should consider revising orphan drug definitions or allow more new innovative drugs to be excluded from pharmacoeconomic assessments, which are required for new drugs to be reimbursed under Korea’s single-payer system, the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea said.