The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: CDSCO eyes recognition of ASTM standards; Device makers, docs blast radiation oncology payment model.

More than a decade after first approving Actemra (tocilizumab) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, the FDA has added a sixth use to its label: slowing the rate of decline in pulmonary function in adult patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease.

Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbott, Illumina, Second Sight.

China’s most important annual government meetings, known as the “Two Sessions,” kicked off March 4 and biopharma executives that were also delegates to the National People's Congress (NPC) suggested that approval for trials should be stricter to avoid repetitive R&D and called for innovative drugs to get into the state insurance list – and to patients – faster.

Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Beigene, Betta, Kintor, Moderna, Ocular, Roche, Seqirus, Sigilon, Turnsole.

The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: AHRQ: Patient portals underused in ED visits; Butterfly IQ scores well on cost, but supporting data limited.

Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Controlrad, Misonix.

The European Commission (EC) is investigating whether Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., of Petah Tikva, Israel, illegally delayed the launch and uptake of competitors to its blockbuster multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, Copaxone (glatiramer acetate).