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Bristol Myers Squibb, GSK and Merck are contributing drug ingredients as part of their deals with the White House but are keeping many of the terms of their agreements private.
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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.
The FDA’s rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program missed reauthorization at the last minute in 2024; advocates have been fighting to get it back ever since.
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On the heels of the FDA’s denial of its petition, a Delaware district court on Monday handed Novartis another loss in its efforts to keep the market free of Entresto copycats.
By the end of the year, Novo Nordisk intends to make a regulatory filing for the combination of its icodec and semaglutide, keeping its once-weekly insulin program afloat.
The acquisition announced Monday will give Crown access to Revance’s Daxxify, a competitor to AbbVie’s Botox, which is indicated for frown lines and for cervical dystonia.
At a private event held amid the fallout from the CrowdStrike incident, cybersecurity issues took a front seat, with the consequences of the evolving EU AI Act and the Loper Bright and Corner Post decisions also raising concerns for quality assurance and regulatory affairs professionals.
Pfizer on Monday reported a “strong neutralizing response” against both subtypes of respiratory syncytial virus across all cohorts and age groups, according to topline data.
The Connecticut-based biotech, which emerged from stealth last year, has secured $202 million to date as it looks to move two assets targeting prostate and breast cancer into the clinic.
FibroGen expects its headcount reduction, which is tied to eliminating 75% of its U.S. workforce, to be mostly complete by the end of the first quarter of 2025.
Ascendis Pharma’s palopegteriparatide was previously rejected by the regulator due to manufacturing problems, and the review period for its resubmitted application was extended by three months.
A day after the regulator denied approval of Lykos’ MDMA-assisted PTSD therapy, a medical journal pulled three studies related to the use of the psychedelic in the indication.
Humacyte’s stock price dropped 18% in after-hours trading Friday after the company announced the FDA requires additional time to review its Biologic License Application. No reason was given for the delay or an updated decision date.