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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.
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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.
Together with robust data-driven modeling, rethinking regulation and data use could push forward a notoriously challenging field.
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Bavarian Nordic A/S today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its Biologics License Application (BLA) for the liquid-frozen version of the MVA-BN®for active immunization against smallpox in adults age 18 years and older.
Merck & Co. found itself with two new approvals this week. The FDA approved Lynparza (codeveloped by AstraZeneca and Merck) and also approved Merck’s Keytruda. Both of these drugs were approved for new indications.
With the holidays upon us, along with the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, the FDA squeezed some target action dates into the last weeks and beginning of the new year. As it turned out, these appear to be a mixed bag of extensions, resubmissions and supplemental applications, some of which are still pending while others have been approved earlier. Here’s a look.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved another biosimilar. On Friday, the regulatory agency approved Herzuma, a biosimilar to Genentech’s Herceptin developed by South Korea-based Celltrion, Inc. and Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals.
As the holidays approach, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is getting in a few drug approvals to wrap up the year. This week there are two decision dates, with another that has been delayed for several months. Here’s a look.
In writing literally hundreds of stories this year, two BioSpace writers, Alex Keown and Mark Terry, found certain stories particularly intriguing or impactful. Some of those were such big topics that they were covered over a series of stories. Looking back at 2018, here are their Top 10.
The rejection comes about a month after the painkiller was cleared by an FDA advisory committee.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an approval letter for the new features and intended uses of the Planmed Verity® CBCT scanner. Planmed is very pleased to bring these exciting improvements to the U.S. market.