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A year of significant policy change at the FDA brought momentum and scrutiny into the new year. As 2026 gets underway, biopharma companies are responding to sweeping vaccine changes while concerns surface about the politicization of the agency.
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The FDA has gained a reputation during the past year for being inconsistently flexible, particularly when it comes to rare diseases. Executives at Rezolute and CERo Therapeutics recently had positive interactions with the agency, in which they told BioSpace reviewers have been “collaborative” and “curious.
Since the FDA began publishing its rejections of drug approval filings in July last year, companies have become more forthcoming about the details of agency decisions in their own disclosures, according to biopharma and regulatory analysts.
The upcoming FDA decision for Replimune’s advanced melanoma drug could be a litmus test for the agency’s future regulatory decision-making, analysts say, with implications stretching well beyond one company.
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Roche’s candidate drug for Alzheimer’s treatment received breakthrough therapy designation which has increased its chance of getting full FDA approval.
If authorized, it could be available in the U.S. before the end of the year. It is also working to submit applications to other regulators worldwide.
The FDA approved ChemoCentryx’s Tavneos (avacopan) as an adjunctive treatment for adults with severe active anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis (ANCA-associated vasculitis or ANCA vasculitis).
Based on results from the Phase II and Phase III TAK-620-303 (SOLSTICE) trials, members of the AMDAC unanimously voted in favor of using maribavir.
There is — still — plenty of news about COVID-19 and new drugs, therapies and FDA applications. Here’s a look.
The FDA granted the latest designation based on the Phase III DESTINY-Breast03 trial on adult patients diagnosed with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.
The U.S. FDA is kicking off the month of October with a number of PDUFA dates and an advisory committee meeting. Read on for more details.
LIVMARLI is indicated for ages one year and older and will now be accessible to patients with a prescription through Mirum Access Plus. Here’s more about it.
Qulipta is the first calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist specifically developed for this indication.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is wrapping up the end of September and beginning October with two PDUFA dates. Here’s a look.