Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Jelikalite, Vy Spine.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has been scrambling to adjust to recent developments in case law for patent subject matter eligibility, and the latest PTO response is a pilot program for new patent applications.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Allovir, Alphamab, CSPC, Nrx, Oncolyze, Oncotelic, Oncternal, Samsung, Simcere.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has been scrambling to adjust to recent developments in case law for patent subject matter eligibility, and the latest PTO response is a pilot program for new patent applications.
Be careful who you’re doing business with. That’s the warning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sent this week to multinational drug and device companies doing business in terrorist hot spots around the world. Reversing a lower court, the D.C. Circuit cleared the way Jan. 4 for 21 drug and device companies to potentially be held accountable for doing business with Jaysh al-Mahdi terrorists, operating through the Iraqi Ministry of Health, who injured or killed hundreds of U.S. troops and civilians in Iraq.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Endotronix, Nuvasive.
Once the CDC accepts the recommendation of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the COVID-19 vaccine regimen, at least for the Pfizer Inc.-Biontech SE vaccine, will include a booster dose for everyone 12 and older. ACIP voted 13-1 at a Jan. 5 emergency meeting to recommend the booster dose for 12- to 17-year-olds at least five months after a primary series of the Pfizer vaccine.
FDA recalls are fairly commonplace events and infrequently require any field corrections of inventory on the market, but Puritan-Bennett Corp. has asked customers to quarantine 135 of the company’s 980 series ventilators due to assembly problems that could cause the devices to cease operating.
PERTH, Australia – Australia should be at the front of the line among developed nations when it comes to innovative drugs and devices, but health policies must evolve to respond to changes in technology and global trends, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said. Although Australia’s health policy has served the country well, tensions in the system are becoming seismic shifts that mirror international trends, J&J said in a recent report on Australia’s health system.