Industry’s reaction to the U.S. FDA’s draft guidance for remote regulatory assessments included a request for more clarity on when the agency would issue a post-assessment report, but the final guidance makes clear the FDA sees no compelling reason to issue such a report in every instance.
Industry’s reaction to the U.S. FDA’s draft guidance for remote regulatory assessments included a request for more clarity on when the agency would issue a post-assessment report, but the final guidance makes clear the FDA sees no compelling reason to issue such a report in every instance.
Edgewise Therapeutics Inc. CEO Kevin Koch speculated that “perhaps a different environment at the FDA” from four months ago led to reviewers’ caution on sevasemten, his firm’s fast skeletal myelin inhibitor for Becker muscular dystrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophies.
According to a new listing at the FDA device recalls and alerts webpage, Dublin-based Medtronic plc., requested customers quarantine any Bravo CF capsules, an esophageal pH monitoring system.
The U.S. FDA said June 25 it has required updates to the prescribing labels of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines Comirnaty and Spikevax to include new safety information on the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis.
Cure Rare Disease has successfully completed a pre-IND meeting with the FDA regarding its investigational gene therapy program for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I/R9 (LGMDR9).
Cue Biopharma Inc. has received pre-IND feedback from the FDA to discuss the proposed development plan for CUE-401, its lead autoimmune asset. Based on FDA feedback, the company intends to file an IND pending completion of final IND-enabling studies.
Jyong Biotech Ltd. raised $20 million from its Nasdaq debut June 17 to advance a pipeline of botanical drugs targeting male urinary disorders. The New Taipei City, Taiwan-headquartered company’s shares began trading under the ticker MENS, and closed at $10.11 apiece at the bell, up 34.80% from its listing price of $7.50 per share. Shares had kicked up to $15 at opening, reaching double its offering price.
Using informed consent to do what Congress couldn’t, the U.S. FDA is flexing its regulatory authority to halt clinical trials that involve sending cells from American patients to China or other adversarial nations for genetic engineering and subsequent infusion back into the patient.
Post pandemic, Moderna Inc. is broadening the applications of mRNA technology to cancer, rare diseases, latent viruses and respiratory viruses, “taking advantage” of the revenue generated by Spikevax (elasomeran), its mRNA-based vaccine for COVID-19.
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