Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: AVM, Cura, Mateon, Mediwound, Orphazyme.
BEIJING – Canbridge Pharmaceuticals Inc. last week won marketing approval in China for its first rare disease drug, the mucopolysaccharidosis II therapy Hunterase (idursulfase beta injection).
The U.S. FDA has been easing gently down the road of real-world evidence (RWE) in regulatory decision-making, and the case of the Watchman left atrial appendage device is instructive in this regard. Robert Shipley, of Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX), said on webinar hosted by the Advanced Medical Technology Association that the FDA changed gears and agreed to a registry for a post-approval study for the first generation Watchman, but added that the use of registry data and other RWE for approval of a next-generation device is as yet more aspirational than practicable.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Cerapedics, Controlrad, Eurobio Scientific, Fibralign, GE Healthcare, Genmark Diagnostics.
The FDA has granted Plus Therapeutics Inc. fast track designation for its lead candidate, Rhenium Nanoliposomes (RNL), for treating recurrent glioblastoma, propelling it into the sixth cohort of a phase I dose-finding trial.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: Biotechnology Innovation Organization, FDA, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: NIH adds funding to Latino Alzheimer’s research; Sprout warned for Addyi promotion; Scripps to pay $10M over use of NIH grants.