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The framework, first introduced by FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research head Vinay Prasad in November, was criticized for lacking detailed guidance. Agency leaders elucidated on the pathway for personalized medicines on Monday.
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The first gene therapies approved to treat sickle cell disease in December 2023 are struggling on the market. But there are glimpses of forward momentum as Vertex and Genetix Bio provide updates.
After last year’s ‘stampede’ for FGF21 assets, the focus for the metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis space has shifted toward differentiated approaches, such as THR-β agonists and combination treatments, that seek to mirror the commercial success of Madrigal’s Rezdiffra.
Maintaining America’s momentum demands that policymakers resist policies that undermine research and development incentives.
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Following the FDA’s refusal to review Moderna’s investigational mRNA flu vaccine last week, Commissioner Marty Makary faced questions from the U.S. president about the agency’s handling of vaccines. It’s a clear signal that the tension long brewing at the drug regulator has now gone all the way to the top.
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Though it received backing from the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee in May, the FDA on Tuesday rejected ARS Pharmaceuticals’ neffy as a nasal spray for allergic reactions.
The companies have announced the impending closures of their respective businesses. Histogen will lay off most of its employees by the end of September. Fresh Tracks will do so by early October.
After facing regulatory roadblocks, Novartis is returning the anti-PD-1 antibody to the cancer-focused biotech, which regains global rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize tislelizumab.
The latest data show Izervay is safe and effective in a two-year trial. Just six weeks after securing FDA approval, Astellas plans to submit it to the regulator to expand its label for a longer treatment timeframe.
After a sluggish start to the year, experts expect an uptick in IPO offerings moving into fall, although it’s unlikely 2023 will fully shrug off its slump.
The consent agreement struck between the FTC and Amgen and Horizon Therapeutics could have significant implications for ongoing and future M&A challenges, experts told BioSpace.
Nearly three years after European approval, the U.S. regulator has accepted Orchard Therapeutics’ BLA for its gene therapy OTL-200, being proposed for metachromatic leukodystrophy.
The French pharma company continues to pare down its central nervous system business by divesting 11 brands to U.K.-based Pharmanovia, which is expanding its neurology portfolio.
The deal is an expansion of an existing production agreement between the companies and just one of several deals with large pharma companies that the Korean biotech has scooped up this year.
After evidence of “overwhelming reduction” in bleeding compared to Bayer and J&J’s Xarelto, Anthos Therapeutics has ended its Phase II atrial fibrillation study for abelacimab ahead of schedule.