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The issues the regulator found include the failure to comprehensively review complaints and product defects.
Lilly expects to open 615 high-wage roles in Texas in connection with its new facility, plus around 4,000 construction roles.
The regulatory action marks the second rejection for a spinal muscular atrophy therapy this week after Scholar Rock’s apitegromab was issued a complete response letter on Tuesday, similarly on manufacturing grounds.
The FDA is hoping to repurpose GSK’s Wellcovorin for cerebral folate deficiency; Pfizer acquired fast-moving weight-loss startup Metsera for nearly $5 billion after suffering a hat trick of R&D failures; psychedelics are primed for M&A action and Eli Lilly may be next in line; RFK Jr.’s revamped CDC advisory committee met last week with confounding results; and Stealth secured its Barth approval.
While last week’s recommended changes by CDC advisors to the MMRV vaccine schedule are unlikely to have a tangible effect on Merck’s business, the company said the removal of choice for healthcare providers is “concerning.”
In its rejection letter, the FDA flagged problems at a third-party fill-finish site owned by Novo Nordisk. Issues at this site have previously been investigated by the regulator.
The agency also pointed to the use of Tylenol and other acetaminophen products during pregnancy as being potentially linked to neurological and developmental defects in children, following a press conference Monday in which President Donald Trump did the same.
An advisory committee last year found that Zynquista’s benefit-risk profile in type 1 diabetes was unfavorable due to cases of diabetic ketoacidosis.
By improving gait stability, Ionis’ zilganersen could be “potentially disease modifying,” according to analysts at William Blair.
Small and large drugmakers alike have made big, proactive moves to secure the production capacity that will be vital to serving the weight loss market.
The company was expecting a decision from the FDA by Sept. 28 for its oral drug tolebrutinib, but an update to the drug’s application package convinced the agency to take more time to review.
The acquisition of breakout obesity star Metsera should pump new life into Pfizer’s portfolio, which over the last two years has suffered from three discontinued assets.
PRESS RELEASES
Integration into McKesson’s Medical-Surgical Solutions marketplace serving a nationwide customer base
Phase I results provide platform-level validation supporting AdJane’s broader development programs in pandemic preparedness, respiratory infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance
International experts from leading universities, global biopharmaceutical companies, and investment organizations will convene in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 14–16, 2026, for the fourth edition of RGMBS.
Leinfelden, Germany. Recent infectious disease events—from hantavirus outbreaks and meningitis cases to recurring disease outbreaks in livestock farming—highlight the need for flexibly scalable vaccine manufacturing processes. To address this challenge, Stuttgart-based technology company KyooBe Tech has developed a platform designed to accelerate vaccine production. This technology is now also available to external users for studies at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI).
AmesNet’s Task-Conditioned Learning architecture outperforms FDA, MIT, Tencent, and the University of Sydney models in both sensitivity and balanced accuracy on out-of-domain chemical data on a public dataset; AmesNet is built on top of ChemPrint, the core and proprietary deep-learning engine of the GALILEO platform that powers the company’s drug pipeline.