The FDA has issued a safety notification regarding the tubes used in enteral feeding sets, which can lead to inadvertent strangulation of infants and toddlers. The agency said it has received two reports of deaths of toddlers due to strangulation in 2021, but at this time is only recommending that caregivers exercise special caution in ensuring that tubes not be left where strangulation is a possibility.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Check-Cap, Sirtex.
Biosimilars are bearing the brunt of the impact that COVID-19 has had on the U.S. FDA’s inspection program, which has ground almost to a halt during the pandemic. That’s the message Juliana Reed, president of the Biosimilars Forum, delivered to a House subcommittee last week.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is getting more pressure to take the unprecedented step of marching in on the patent rights protecting Astellas Pharma Inc.’s prostate cancer drug, Xtandi (enzalutamide), because of its U.S. price. Referencing the provision under the Bayh-Dole Act that allows federal agencies to march in on licensed patents stemming from federally funded research when the products are not available to the public on “reasonable terms,” a dozen Democratic congressional members wrote to Becerra Feb. 8 urging him to move forward on the Xtandi patents.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Alzecure, Angelini, Destiny, Eyenovia, Nicox, Novo Nordisk.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Atheart Medical, Carestream, Cerevasc.
The Feb. 10 meeting of the U.S. FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) is about far more than one biologic license application (BLA), as the single question the agency will put to the committee is whether data from a trial in one foreign country are sufficient to support approval in the U.S.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Ascletis, Azurity, Biogen, Celltrion, Everest, Gilead, GW, Jazz, NGM, Obseva, RDIF, Sanofi, Sinomab.
The FDA’s device center reported the addition of four device types to the ranks of class II devices, including one each for de novo petitions by Apple Inc., of Cupertino, Calif., and Roche Molecular Systems Inc., of Pleasanton, Calif.
The U.S. FDA appears to be on a roll when it comes to rolling out new guidance pertaining to prescription drugs. In recent days, the agency has released draft guidances on antibody-drug conjugates and immunogenicity information in labeling, revised a draft guidance on assessing pressor effects of drugs and finalized a guidance on population pharmacokinetics.
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