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While the FDA did not announce the recipient names of the Commissioner’s National Priority Vouchers, the agency’s descriptions of the awarded products match those in development at Compass Pathways, Transcend Therapeutics and Usona Institute.
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After Replimune’s advanced melanoma drug was rejected for a second time, CEO Sushil Patel slammed the FDA for failing to exercise regulatory flexibility, while other experts bemoaned the agency’s lack of consistency. With new safety guidelines for gene editing therapies, the FDA has taken a first step toward fixing both problems.
BioSpace looks back at 2025 and where the FDA is going in 2026.
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.
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The ointment had previously been approved for patients ages two and above in 2016.
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The recommended dose of the drug for this age group is based on weight and liver function.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Abbott’s molecular test for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 under an Emergency Use Authorization.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Eli Lilly and Company and Incyte Corporation Breakthrough Therapy designation for baricitinib for alopecia areata.
Hospitals and laboratories will be able to run the test on Roche’s fully automated cobas 6800 and cobas 8800 Systems, which are already in wide use in the U.S. and internationally.
Recipharm, a leading contract development and manufacturing organisation, is pleased to note the FDA’s approval of Perrigo’s AB-rated generic of ProAir HFA.
Approval for the combination treatment was based on results from the Phase I/II CheckMate-040 trial in which Opdivo and Yervoy showed an overall response rate of 33% in this patient population.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev (nintedanib) for patients with chronic fibrosing interstitial lung diseases with a progressive phenotype.
Novartis’ Isturisa (osilodrostat) was approved for adults with Cushing’s disease who either can’t have pituitary gland surgery or who have had the surgery but still have the disease.