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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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The first nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) is approved for adults with chronic kidney disease associated with type 2 diabetes.
While the drug showed significant improvement in patients on a 200mg daily dose of filgotinib, it may not be promoted in the states any time soon.
Acting commissioner of the U.S. FDA asked the independent Office of the Inspector General to investigate how the FDA and representatives of Biogen interacted prior to the FDA’s approval of the company’s Aduhelm (aducanumab) for Alzheimer’s disease.
The expanded approval was made based on positive data from a second interim analysis of the Phase II KEYNOTE-629 trial.
The FDA issued Provention a CRL that focuses on a single low-dose pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) bridging study in health volunteers.
FDA greenlit Jazz Rylaze for use as a component of a chemotherapy regimen for the treatment of ALL or lymphoblastic lymphoma in pediatric and adult patients.
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If approved, lenacapavir would be offered to HIV patients who have been heavily treated for the disease and have multi-drug-resistant HIV.
The U.S. FDA granted Fast Track Designation to three biopharma companies for the treatment of LGMD, episodic bleeding and leukemia.
Roche had a big week, scoring wins but also stepping away from its gene therapy partnership with 4D Molecular Therapeutics.