PARIS – Cardiawave SAS has been granted authorization by the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety to extend its clinical trial in France and treat patients with calcific aortic stenosis (AS).
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: USTR seeking input on nations with poor IP protections; NICE sticks with ABI to evaluate PAD; Health Canada to extend COVID-19 flexibilities.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Avelas Biosciences, Foldax.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: Health Canada to extend COVID-19 flexibilities; USTR seeking input on nations with poor IP protections.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbvie, Acceleron, Amag, Ascletis, Antengene, Astrazeneca, Avelas, Biontech, Codagenix, Daiichi Sankyo, EMD, Gamida, Gannex, Graphite, Legend, Merck KGaA, Mindmed, Open Orphan, Pfizer, Sobi.
Advanced Bionics LLC heard good news from the U.S. FDA, which granted approval for the company’s Marvel cochlear implant (CI) platform and the first-ever sound processor designed specifically for children. The development brings the Marvel platform, initially created for hearing aids produced by Advanced Bionics' sister company, Phonak AG, to the sound processor for CIs for the first time.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Applied Biocode.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: FDA delays comment period for electromagnetic compatibility draft; CMS, ONC post info sharing, prior authorization rule; Van Hollen debuts diagnostic accuracy bill; CDC updates POC testing guidelines; GAO: Specimen biopsy handling errors relatively low.
DUBLIN – The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee, the CHMP, all but closed out the year by issuing positive opinions on eight marketing authorization applications during its December meeting. Its work for 2020 is not quite yet done, however. It has scheduled an extraordinary meeting for Dec. 29 to review an application from Pfizer Inc. and Biontech AG for their mRNA COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2.