A week ahead of its May 29 PDUFA date, the U.S. FDA has approved Xacduro (sulbactam for injection; durlobactam for injection) for treating one of the toughest and most deadly infections, carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, in adults.
Blueprint Medicines Corp. scored a broader label from the U.S. FDA for Ayvakit (avapritinib), which became the first approved therapy to treat adults with indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM).
When it comes to cutting health care costs in the U.S., last year’s Inflation Reduction Act, with its inflationary rebates and direct Medicare negotiations, was just Act 1. Now lawmakers, in both the House and Senate, are feverishly working on bipartisan scripts for Act 2 that go beyond biopharma’s role in drug prices to taking on pricing issues across the health care sector.
Nanjing Sanhome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s Shengnuodi (alfosbuvir tablets), used as part of a combination treatment for hepatitis C, has been approved by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) through the priority review and approval procedure.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: ABVC, Bioarctic, Biocryst, Centessa, Eisai, Freeline, Grunenthal, Hanx, Ideaya, Laekna, Polypid, Sangamo, Xbiotech.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Beta Bionics, Orlucent.
Grand Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. obtained China’s NMPA approval for an intravascular dual-mode imaging system for coronary artery imaging, tapping into a potentially huge but very undeveloped market for imaging in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI).
Nanjing Sanhome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s Shengnuodi (alfosbuvir tablets), used as part of a combination treatment for hepatitis C, has been approved by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) through the priority review and approval procedure.
As the clock ticks toward the “full,” or traditional, approval date for Biogen Inc./Eisai Co. Inc.’s Alzheimer’s drug, Leqembi (lecanemab), the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is facing increasing pressure to get the structures in place to ensure Medicare beneficiaries have access to the drug when the approval comes.
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