Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Allarity, Arrowhead, Beigene, Kairos, Maia, Medison, Myrtelle, Pepgen, Quoin, Wesana.
The NMPA’s Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) published a draft document named the Pilot Work Procedure to Speed Up the Review of Innovative Drug NDAs in February 2022. It aims to accelerate the review of new drug applications (NDAs) in China.
Three U.S.-listed China-based biopharmas were among five companies named this week by the U.S. SEC for reportedly failing to submit necessary accounting reports under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA).
With the pandemic lingering across the world and more COVID-19 therapies becoming available and in demand, the opportunity for counterfeits is growing.
The FDA has cleared Royal Philips NV’s latest Philips Capsule Surveillance system, setting the stage for deployment in the U.S. Designed to stream data from almost any connected medical device, Philips Capsule Surveillance aggregates patient data, analyzes it to generate actionable insights and alerts and relays timely notifications to patients’ caregivers so they can intervene before further deterioration occurs.
Myriad Genetics Inc. is launching a new suite of genetic tests designed for personalizing chemotherapy treatment. The Precise oncology offering includes Myriad’s precise tumor molecular profile test and two companion diagnostic tests, Mychoice CDx and Bracanalysis CDx. The company said the combination of germline, somatic and companion testing aims to maximize information for oncologists as they assign individual treatment plans. Results from each test are gathered as a single report accessed on an online portal.
Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has won a green light for inebilizumab, approved by China’s NMPA for the treatment of adults with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) who are anti-aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G (AQP4-IgG) seropositive. The decision marked Hansoh’s first biologic approval.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a provisional list of five U.S.-listed Chinese companies that reportedly failed to submit necessary accounting reports required under Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. The list included three biopharmas: Beigene Ltd., Hutchmed Ltd., and Zai Lab Ltd.