FDA
It’s a busy week for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, with a number of drug approvals on the calendar and an advisory committee meeting. Read on for more information.
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A week into his tenure as head of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, experts agree that Rick Pazdur is the “ideal fit” to stabilize the agency. And, according to one ex-FDA official, if his CBER counterpart Vinay Prasad tries to supersede Pazdur’s authority, “there will be hell to pay.”
Priority voucher awardees and regulators could feel pressure to “meet the moment” as FDA watchers question the intent and feasibility of the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher program.
Through substantial leadership turnover and workforce cuts, the FDA has continued to support the advanced therapy sector, actively working to remove obstacles to innovation.
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The FDA said the approval of Teva’s product is the first generic naloxone nasal spray for use in a community setting by individuals without medical training.
Akorn secured approval for a post-operative eye drop, as well as a generic over-the-counter version of GSK’s Flonase.
FDA grants elafibranor Breakthrough Therapy Designation, based on Phase 2 data, for treatment of PBC (Primary Biliary Cholangitis) in adults with inadequate response to UDCA
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Karolinska Development’s portfolio company Aprea Therapeutics has from FDA received an Orphan Drug Designation for APR-246 for the treatment of patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes having a TP53 mutation.
TLC announced the successful completion of its End-of-Phase II meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on receiving guidance, and discussing the clinical and regulatory pathway for a potential U.S. approval of TLC599, a BioSeizer® liposomal formulation of dexamethasone sodium phosphate for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.
The FDA’s approval marks the first personalized treatment targeting susceptible FGFR genetic alterations for patients with metastatic bladder cancer.
Polyphor AG announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has designated murepavadin as a Qualified Infectious Disease Product in four additional indications; hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia, acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection, bloodstream infection and complicated intra-abdominal infection.
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