Policy

Robert Kramer, former CEO of Emergent BioSolutions, allegedly earned more than $10.1 million by executing trades with information related to the company’s manufacturing operations that had yet to be made public.
FEATURED STORIES
Only a handful of the top pharmas have signed Most Favored Nation drug pricing deals with the White House, while smaller biotechs continue to hang in limbo.
FDA
Policy initiatives have come fast and furious at the FDA this year. While guidances on rare diseases and vaccines have consumed most of the ink, policy shifts aimed at improving FDA efficiencies and reshoring U.S. manufacturing also got some attention. Here, BioSpace rounds up more than a dozen initiatives relevant to the biopharma industry.
With five CDER leaders in one year and regulatory proposals coming “by fiat,” the FDA is only making it more difficult to bring therapies to patients.
Subscribe to BioPharm Executive
Market insights and trending stories for biopharma leaders, in your inbox every Wednesday
THE LATEST
Inclusions and treatment initiation will be paused in all ongoing clinical studies until an investigation into the potential safety issue is complete.
The early termination of the Beovu trials places a damper on Novartis’ hopes of competing even further with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ retinal disease drug Eylea.
The FDA gave the green light to Amgen’s Lumakras under accelerated approval as a treatment for patients with KRAS mutation whose disease has worsened over time.
The latest news in COVID-19 includes support for an investigation into the origins of the virus, a new naming system, and legal discussions of whether employers can mandate vaccination.
Several biotech executives provided their thoughts on lessons learned from the pandemic and what they hope or expect to see moving forward in the industry.
FDA
The U.S. FDA is starting off the summer months with a busy week after the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. Here’s a look.
A real-world study published by the FH Foundation confirms COVID-19 increased heart attack rates significantly in patients with these conditions.
FDA
The question before the committee was whether the benefits of teplizumab outweigh the risks as it voted 10-7 in favor of the drug to delay clinical type 1 diabetes mellitus.
FDA
The FDA has a massive backlog of site inspections due to the pandemic. To address the problem, the agency made its Resiliency Roadmap outlining its priorities.
To develop and commercialize them with maximum efficiency, the FDA, scientists and developers must innovate, according to panelists speaking during the Presidential Plenary on Commercialization at the International Society of Cell & Gene Therapy on May 26.