Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbisko, Atyr, Avidity, Briacell, Cyrano, Exegenesis, Hutchmed, Junshi, Krystal, Novavax, Orphagen, Paratek, Pharmather, Sanofi, Scisparc, Takeda.
If the U.S. FTC has its way in banning all noncompete employment agreements, a lot of biopharma and med-tech companies are going to have to rethink how they protect sensitive information and business strategies.
Bio-Thera Solutions Ltd. has obtained NMPA approval for BAT-1806 to treat rheumatoid arthritis, systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and cytokine release syndrome. BAT-1806 is the world’s first tocilizumab biosimilar approved for marketing, according to Guangzhou, China-based Bio-Thera.
Shanghai Henlius Biotech Inc. scored NMPA approval for its self-developed anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody Hansizhuang (serplulimab). It can be used for the first-line treatment of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) in combination with carboplatin and etoposide.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Alkermes, Astrazeneca, Eisai, First Wave, Forge, Henlius, Immunos, Luye, Relief, Stada Arzneimittel, Umecrine Cognition, Xbrane.
After years of negotiations, the U.S. FDA and Swissmedic are one step away from recognizing each other’s good manufacturing practice (GMP) inspections of biopharma facilities.
Given the advances being made in cancer treatments, it’s time to move beyond the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) to dose-optimization trials for targeted therapies, the U.S. FDA said in a new draft guidance.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Amgen, Astrazeneca, Harbour, Novo Nordisk, Revive.
Following Therapeutic Goods Administration approval of its first-generation donor-derived microbiome-based therapy, Biomictra, for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, Australia’s Biomebank is scaling up to meet increasing global demand for fecal microbiota products and is developing a more scalable second-generation synthetic product.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Astrazeneca, Biontech, Genentech, Pfizer.