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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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Biogen will await word after submitting the final study protocol for its confirmatory Phase IV ENVISION trial of Aduhelm to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Without holding a meeting of its vaccines advisory committee, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a fourth booster shot for everyone 50 years of age and older.
Antares Pharma has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval to its therapeutic Tlando intended for testosterone replacement therapy (TRT).
The FDA released materials for review ahead of Wednesday’s meeting and it appears to paint a picture of insufficient data for approval, noting it is “not exceptionally persuasive.”
The FDA amended its EUA for GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology’s sotrovimab for COVID-19. The amendment relates specifically to the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant.
Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals announced that their Phase I study of BIIB078 (IONIS-C9Rx) intended for ALS did not meet clinical endpoints, so they will discontinue the program.
UCB’s oral drug for seizures related to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is now approved in the U.S. for patients ages two years and older.
The FDA has a very busy week ending the month of March and moving into April, highlighted by a big AdCom vote on Amylyx’s ALS candidate AMX0035 on March 30.
Novavax announced today that its protein-based Covid-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, is included in two new clinical trials that will evaluate the vaccine as a potential Covid booster.