Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Accord, Alx, Amryt, Beigene, Bioheng, Biontech, Blueprint, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Provention, Regeneron, Sanofi.
North China Pharmaceutical Group New Drug Research & Development Co. Ltd. has received approval from China’s NMPA to market ormutivimab as post-exposure treatment for the prevention of rabies.
Mighty Libtayo has stumbled. Because Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Sanofi SA couldn’t find common ground with the FDA on postmarketing studies, the two are voluntarily withdrawing the sBLA for Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc) as a second-line treatment for advanced cervical cancer. Discussion about the matter continues outside the U.S., the companies said.
Bristol Myers Squibb Co.’s Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) CAR T-cell therapy has passed muster with European regulators as a therapy for relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma, setting up a likely European marketing authorization in the coming weeks.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Dizal, GBT, Merck & Co., Pfizer, Sellas, Trevena.
Shares of TG Therapeutics Inc. fell 40% Jan. 27 after the firm disclosed in a U.S. SEC filing that the FDA had put a partial clinical hold on certain studies testing Ukoniq (umbralisib) and ublituximab, or the combination, for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
In keeping with its Drug Competition Action Plan released in 2017, the U.S. FDA finalized two guidances this week focused on the submission and review of generic drugs.
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) reported Jan. 26 that it will investigate whether Alvotech Hf and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. misappropriated trade secrets when developing a potential interchangeable biosimilar to Abbvie Inc.’s mega-blockbuster, Humira (adalimumab).
Pfizer Inc.’s oral antiviral Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir) COVID-19 antiviral looks set for approval in the European Union after it was given the green light by its top regulatory committee. The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended conditional marketing authorization for treatment of COVID-19 in adults who don’t require supplemental oxygen but are at increased risk for progressing to severe disease.
PERTH, Australia – Australia’s Therapeutic Good Administration (TGA) plans to increase all fees and charges to industry by 2.6% for the 2022 to 2023 financial year, and it is seeking feedback on proposed options.
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