When the U.S. FDA convened its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) April 6 to advise on a path forward to the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, there was a lot of talk about all the unknowns.
After a difficult start, there’s been more progress in PIK3 drug class, with FDA approval of Novartis AG’s Vijoice (alpelisib) for the rare condition PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS).
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has issued draft rules to permit U.S. auditors to examine U.S.-listed Chinese companies on April 2, 2022, following a provisional list by the U.S. SEC.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Ascletis, Beigene, Bionecure, Bioxcel, Dialectic, GSK, Innovent, Iovance, Merck, Novartis, Sellas, Tonix, UCB, Vir.
Glaxosmithkline plc and Vir Biotechnology Inc.’s sotrovimab has become the latest COVID-19 antibody to be pulled from the market in the U.S., after the FDA revoked its emergency use authorization (EUA) because of the rise of the omicron BA.2 subvariant.
Medicine shortages have been of particular concern during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration said it would seek to amend regulations to allow imports of overseas substitute drugs if the Australian drug has been discontinued and canceled from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Amniotics, BMS, CNS, Starton, Tiziana.
As part of an investigation into the international provisions of the U.S. 2017 tax law, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is zeroing in on how Merck & Co. Inc. was able to report 14% of its pre-tax income in the U.S. when nearly half of its global sales were in the country.
Even as many in the U.S. are looking for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra reinforced expectations April 5 that he will continue the emergency declaration into the summer, if not beyond. When asked during a Senate Finance Committee budget hearing if he saw the emergency ending this summer, Becerra declined to give a date, but reiterated his commitment to give stakeholders at least 60 days’ notice.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Accutar, Acer, Alnylam, Ascletis, Blade, Cansino, Curis, Immunitybio, Immunocore, Janssen, Junshi, JW, Kite, Nobelpharma, Precigen, Regeneron, Roche, Sanofi.
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