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Analysts called the approval a much-needed win for Novo Nordisk, but warned that the company could struggle to grow sales once rival drugs come to market.
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Representatives of companies including AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson and Merck have voiced concerns about the FDA’s approach to pre-approval inspections.
With notable therapies from Biogen, Sarepta and MacroGenics failing to show efficacy in pivotal or confirmatory trials, experts question the use of biomarker evidence for approval while one former regulator insists that a “failed trial is not a failed drug.”
Coming up in the back half of December, the FDA will issue a verdict on Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ gastroparesis drug tradipitant, which it rejected last September, triggering a very public dispute with the company.
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The FDA has issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) for TV-46000/mdc-IRM (risperidone extended-release injectable suspension for subcutaneous use) to Teva Pharmaceuticals and MedinCell.
Axsome Therapeutics received good news regarding its NDA for AXS-05, a treatment for depression, and Aytu BioScience received Fast Track designation for its VEDS treatment.
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo reported that their supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Enhertu was granted Priority Review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
TG Therapeutics voluntarily withdrew its pending BLA and supplemental NDA for its treatment dubbed U2 for adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).
The U.S.Food and Drug Administration has granted Emergency Use Authorization to a breathalyzer that can detect COVID-19 within three minutes.
Regeneron announced that the U.S. FDA has extended its review of the BLA for monoclonal antibody REGEN-COV, which treats COVID-19.
The FDA issued new guidance urging drugmakers to submit racial and minority recruitment plans when designing their studies.
The FDA granted Merck’s investigational 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (V116) for IPD and pneumococcal pneumonia Breakthrough Therapy Designation.
AbbVie and Genmab announced positive topline results from their Phase I/II trial for lymphoma treatment; Sanofi posted positive results from its Phase I/II trial for the treatment of ITP.
Pfizer and BioNTech will submit updated data to the FDA to support the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of COVID-19 vaccination boosters in children between the age of 5 and 11.