In addition to the four COVID-19 vaccines it has provisionally approved, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is recommending that two more vaccines – Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s Coronavac and Astrazeneca plc-Serum Institute of India’s Covishield – be considered “recognized vaccines.”
In the latest skirmish over who can get the 340B discounts on prescription drugs that are supposed to help qualifying U.S. providers offer charity care, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is challenging a recently passed Arkansas law that seeks to regulate drug manufacturers’ participation in the federal drug pricing program.
LONDON – The EMA has changed its stance on booster doses of the Pfizer Inc./Biontech SE COVID-19 vaccine and said they “may now be considered” at least six months after the second dose for people ages 18 and over.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: BMS, Humanigen, Kite, Omeros, Xbrane.
A cloud-based web application for long-term brain monitoring has received a CE mark to support personalized management of neuro-disorders such as epilepsy. Developed by Swiss neuroscience research organization Wyss Center, Epios Cloud displays and reviews electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings made by EEG devices using scalp and sub-scalp electrodes, heart rate and accelerometer measurements.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Haemonetics, Siemens.
Merck & Co. Inc. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics Inc. are planning a U.S. emergency filing for potentially the first oral antiviral for COVID-19, after a phase III trial showed molnupiravir cut risk of hospitalization or death by around 50%.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Alzamend, Alzinova, Basilea, Bexion, Cantargia, Diamedica, Glenmark, Immix, Jubilant, Liscure, Mirum, Pfizer, Reata, Selecta, TG.
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