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Disc Medicine’s leadership tried to express optimism that its rare disease therapy bitopertin can be approved based on a Phase 3 trial set to begin shortly. However, analysts are worried that the protocol was developed with former FDA leaders.
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The FDA issued a rare Refusal-to-File letter to Moderna over its mRNA-based influenza vaccine application, in an unusual move that sent the biotech’s shares tumbling.
The Senate failed to pass a massive spending bill on Thursday—which includes the rare pediatric PRV program but also funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s large-scale crackdown in Minnesota and other states.
Some 200 rare disease therapies are at risk of losing eligibility for a pediatric priority review voucher, a recent analysis by the Rare Disease Company Coalition shows. That could mean $4 billion in missed revenue for already cash-strapped biotechs.
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Medtronic plc, the global leader in medical technology, announced it has received Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Personalized Closed Loop insulin pump system, currently in development.
On Tuesday, Novo Nordisk said the FDA approved its Biologics License Application for Esperoct (turoctocog alfa pegol) formerly known as N8-GP, for the treatment of children and adults with hemophilia A.
Intercept Pharma plans to seek regulatory approval in the U.S. and Europe in the second half of this year.
KnipBio Inc. announced it has received Generally Regarded As Safe designation from the US Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine for its KnipBio Meal aquafeed ingredient for salmonids and other finfish species.