In the face of rare, sometimes fatal, side effects associated with Janssen’s COVID-19 vaccine, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to recommend that the agency say it prefers mRNA COVID-19 vaccines over the Janssen vaccine for preventing COVID-19 in those ages 18 years and older.
Following initial approvals for rheumatic diseases, Bristol Myers Squibb Co.'s Orencia (abatacept) has become the first FDA-approved drug for the prevention of acute graft-vs.-host disease (aGVHD), in combination with calcineurin inhibitors and methotrexate, both types of immunosuppressants.
Calliditas Therapeutics AB expects its oral version of budesonide to be available early in the first quarter of 2022, following FDA approval for treating patients with progressive kidney disease primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). Branded Tarpeyo, the delayed-release capsules were cleared for use in reducing proteinuria in adults with primary IgAN at risk of rapid disease progression, usually determined as a protein-to-creatinine ration (UPCR) of 1.5 g/g or less.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Apellis, Boehringer, CSL, Everest, Fate, I-Mab, Incyte, J&J, Laurent, Merck, Nuvation, Sapience, Sobi.
With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) imposing stricter regulatory requirements on listing companies, more Chinese companies are likely to decide to list on stock exchanges closer to home.
Clinical trial fraud has not been on the radar screen for drug and device makers in recent years, but there have been several episodes in which the operators of clinical trial sites had fabricated data for clinical trials. U.S. deputy assistant attorney general Arun Rao said recently that clinical trial fraud is now front and center for federal attorneys, raising the risk that any documentation errors for clinical trials will create a massive liability for the sponsor.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Bloom Diagnostics, Intuitive Surgical, Svelte Medical Systems.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbvie, Alnylam, Alterity, Beigene, Chinook, Hemogenyx, J&J, Kenox, Merck, Moderna, Pfizer, Rockwell, Sparro, TG, Tonix.
There was no slowing of biopharma innovation in 2021, even as industry directed significant resources to, while feeling the impact of, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The year saw big wins for developers of DNA vaccines and biosimilars, while CAR T expanded its reach and a drug target once considered undruggable was finally conquered. And as 2021 gives way to 2022, other potentially game-changing technologies and therapeutics are waiting in the wings.
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