After receiving a complete response letter from the U.S. FDA more than three years ago and conducting another phase III trial, Iterum Therapeutics plc is preparing to make its case before an advisory committee Sept. 9 for sulopenem etzadroxil/probenecid as an oral treatment option for women with uncomplicated urinary tract infections caused by specific microorganisms.
With Novo Nordisk A/S hobbled by a complete response letter, Eli Lilly and Co. has forged ahead in developing a once-weekly type 2 diabetes treatment. Top-line data from Lilly’s phase III Qwint-1 and Qwint-3 studies of efsitora alfa showed noninferior average levels of blood glucose, A1C, compared to those using another daily basal insulin treatment.
Adaptin Bio has obtained IND clearance from the FDA for APTN-101 in glioblastoma, enabling initiation of a first-in-human phase I trial in patients diagnosed with WHO grade IV malignant glioma.
Following a bioresearch monitoring inspection, the U.S. FDA slapped Julio Flamini, a clinical investigator at the Research Center of Atlanta, with a warning letter citing a “significant” protocol violation in which a 15-year-old girl was given 10 times the maximum daily dose of an unnamed study drug for a week.
Litigation between companies in the med-tech space often revolves around patents, but the ongoing series of lawsuits between Philips Respironics Inc. and Soclean Inc. are directed toward the interaction between CPAP machines and CPAP cleaning systems.
The U.S. FDA is accused of dragging its feet on making public the devices for which it granted market access under the de novo program, and the agency recently been scrambling to bring these decision summaries to light.
Skyline Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.’s SKG-1108, a novel one-time intravitreally delivered gene therapy, has been awarded U.S. orphan drug designation for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa.
With a successful phase III study of plozasiran in hand, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. plans to file an NDA with the U.S. FDA for treating the rare genetic disease familial chylomicronemia syndrome. While the data are strong, the company is playing catch-up to Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc., which has a December 2024 PDUFA for its candidate, olezarsen, in the same indication.
Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. filed an NDA with the U.S. FDA for its radiopharmaceutical glioma imaging product, TLX-101-CDx (Pixclara, 18F-floretyrosine, 18F-FET), for the characterization of progressive or recurrent glioma from treatment-related changes in both adult and pediatric patients.
The FDA has cleared an IND for a phase I/II trial of LA-GLA (GC-1134A, HM-15421), an innovative enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease being co-developed by GC Biopharma Corp. and Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.