Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: 4D Molecular, Akeso, Antengene, Biomarin, Enzychem, Genentech, Hoth, Micurx, NS, Passage, Scholar Rock, TG.
The U.S. FDA has granted emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to Baxter International Inc. for its HF20 Set and ST Set used in continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two sets are intended for use with the company’s Prismaflex or Prismax CRRT monitors.
Wall Street dinged Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. earlier this week after mixed regulatory news on the nuclear factor erythroid-2 related factor 2 (NRF2) activators omaveloxolone for Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) and bardoxolone for Alport syndrome (AS), but the Plano, Texas-based firm stayed resolute, and its recent deal with Blackstone Life Sciences (BXLS) provides cause for optimism. Increased clarity on paths forward “debunks the bear-case view” of Reata, in the opinion of Jefferies analyst Maury Raycroft, who went as far as to say in a report that the stock “overreaction create[d] a buying opportunity.”
Amid all the political positioning, finger-pointing, blame games and mountains of misinformation that have been as much a part of the COVID-19 pandemic as the coronavirus itself, there’s one point of agreement: The pandemic has been a painful experience that everyone needs to learn from so it’s not repeated in the future.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Baxter, Lantheus.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: American Medical Association, Bayer AG, Snomed International.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Akari, Arca, Ascendis, Eli Lilly, Epirium, Eyegate, Indian, Innovent, Kahr, Kineta, Pliant, Redhill, Regeneron, Seattle Genetics, Theranexus.
The FDA granted accelerated approval to Viltepso (viltolarsen) to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients (DMD) who have a confirmed mutation of the DMD gene amenable to exon 53 skipping, pitting it against Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.’s Vyondys (golodirsen), which was given accelerated approval last year in a controversial decision by the FDA following an agency complete response letter (CRL) highlighting safety concerns.
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