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Significant leadership instability at the FDA—compounded by continued workforce attrition—led to a slight slowdown in overall regulatory productivity in the first half of this year, but the agency has been catching up of late.
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A recent FDA reversal sparked new hope for patients with Huntington’s disease. Flying under the radar, Skyhawk Therapeutics revealed 12-month functional data from a midstage trial of its own candidate showing improvements on a key disease measurement scale.
The FDA plans to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss Capricor Therapeutics’ application for deramiocel, which the agency rejected last July. The news surprised CEO Linda Marbán, who told BioSpace the FDA has not communicated any issues of concern with the company’s resubmitted application.
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The FDA released guidelines Thursday in an attempt to clarify processes for assessing a drug candidate’s efficacy while examining several endpoints, simultaneously.
On Friday, the FDA approved Boostrix, a vaccine administered during the third trimester of pregnancy to prevent pertussis in infants under 2 months of age.
The FDA had a fairly quiet week, approving drugs, providing clearance, greenlighting clinical trials, and other regulatory activities for Alnylam, Eli Lilly, Cytokinetics, and more.
The FDA approved Alnylam’s Oxlumo for an expanded indication, rare disease PH1, with the label to include patients with the most severe kidney impairment.
The biopharma world - and markets - spent Thursday evening reacting after the FDA gave the green light to only its third-ever drug for ALS, Amylyx’s Relyvrio.
The FDA has approved Regeneron and Sanofi’s Dupixent (dupilumab) for the treatment of adult patients with prurigo nodularis, making it the first drug approved for this indication.
The U.S. FDA had a busy week with a range of drug approvals, advisory committee meetings and classification announcements.
The FDA approved bluebird bio’s lentiviral vector (LVV) eli-cel Friday as the first therapy to slow the progression of neurologic dysfunction in juvenile boys with early, active CALD.
With 33 approvals from the FDA, Merck’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda has become a powerhouse oncology drug and is likely to continue to rack up more regulatory wins.
The U.S. FDA approved Mallinckrodt’s Terlivaz in adults with hepatorenal syndrome and is the only FDA-approved drug for that indication.