Regulatory

The regulator in a Complete Response Letter rejected ImmunityBio’s bladder cancer hopeful due to deficiencies with the company’s third-party contract manufacturer.
FDA
As insulin prices skyrocket, pharmas and PBMs faced pointed critique from the Senate HELP Committee, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
The FDA set a new action date of June 22 for Sarepta’s gene therapy for the neuromuscular disease, approximately three weeks after the original date of May 29.
Developers of psychedelics-based therapies say the industry is poised to explode, with several reporting strong clinical trial results and the FDA granting breakthrough status for two hallucinogenic drugs.
The FDA’s new guidance on decentralized clinical trials clarifies how investigators and trial sponsors can use digital health technologies and involve primary healthcare practitioners.
The FDA’s agenda includes an advisory committee meeting for Sarepta’s delandistrogene moxeparvovec, which, if approved, would become the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
For people with, or at risk for, SOD1-ALS, the FDA’s approval of Qalsody is an important step toward advancing gene-specific research for this uniformly fatal disease.
Merck and AstraZeneca are seeking broad approval for Lynparza in mCRPC regardless of BRCA status.
The regulatory filing puts the company alongside Vertex and CRISPR, which also await FDA approval for their SCD gene therapy.
Tuesday, the FDA approved Qalsody—formerly tofersen—on a conditional basis to treat SOD1-ALS.
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