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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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Here’s a look at what’s on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s calendar for the next two weeks.
Medtronic plc announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance and commercial launch for the SelectSite C304-HIS deflectable catheter system for use in procedures involving His-bundle pacing.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Celgene’s Revlimid (lenalidomide) in combination with a rituximab product for adults with previously treated follicular lymphoma or marginal zone lymphoma. It is the first FDA-approved combination therapy for patients with these forms of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that doesn’t include chemotherapy.
There are approximately 11 million adults in the U.S. living with bipolar disorder, a condition that causes extreme shifts in mood, energy and activity levels.
The approval of Piqray combined with fulvestrant is the first FDA-approved treatment for patients with a PIK3CA mutation in HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer.
The approval of Jakafi marks the first approved treatment for this indication in the United States.
The price of the one-and-done gene therapy treatment is about half of what was initially projected by Novartis.
Shares of NovoCure are up more than 6% in premarket trading after the company announced it won regulatory approval for its mesothelioma treatment, NovoTTF-100L System.
Sorilux was approved for the treatment of patients age 12 and up.
The FDA approved Vyndaqel (tafamidis meglumine) and Vyndamax (tafamidis) as the first treatments for transthyretin-meditated amyloidosis.