Antengene Corp. Ltd. received marketing approval from China’s NMPA for ATG-010 (selinexor), a drug that was in-licensed from Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. It was approved for use in combination with dexamethasone to treat adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, specifically those who have received prior therapies and whose disease is refractory to at least a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.
The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has unveiled two guidances for the use of real-world evidence (RWE) in regulatory decision-making. The policy seems limited to pharmaceutical clinical trials, with no indication when it will be expanded to include medical technology.
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the roll-out of European Union’s new med-tech regulations has sparked concerns about in vitro diagnostic availability, but relief from compliance deadlines has now been achieved. The European Parliament and the European Council have agreed to ease the compliance dates of the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR).
With licensed Humira (adalimumab) biosimilar competition a little more than a year away in the U.S., Abbvie Inc. is trying to fend off competitors that have not signed an agreement with the North Chicago-based company.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Bioventus, Senseonics.
The U.S. hit a milestone this week in ensuring a stable domestic supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), a medical isotope critical to radiopharmaceuticals that are used in more than 40,000 diagnostic procedures in the U.S. each day.
Citing recent events that highlighted the risks of investing in companies based in China or that have the majority of their operations there, the U.S. SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance is seeking more specific disclosures from those companies about the legal and operational risks of investing in their securities.
China is making some advances in approving and reimbursing drugs to treat or prevent rare diseases. More than 60 rare disease drugs have been approved for marketing in China, with more than 40 of those included in the national medical insurance system, according to figures released at a national conference on rare diseases held in Beijing Dec. 18.
PERTH, Australia – The FDA has given the green light to Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.’s lead radiopharmaceutical imaging agent, Illuccix, for prostate cancer. Illuccix is a kit for the preparation of gallium-68 (68Ga) prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) 11 for imaging prostate cancer with positron emission tomography (PET). It targets PSMA, a protein that is overexpressed on the surface of more than 90% of primary and metastatic prostate cancer cells.
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