Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Pleural Dynamics.
Vaxcyte Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for VAX-31, a 31-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) candidate designed to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease.
Pfizer Inc. entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to resolve alleged compensation discrimination affecting female employees at its New York headquarters.
In a historic first, the European Commission (EC) sanctioned a pharmaceutical cartel focused on controlling an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in the European Economic Area.
As COVID-19 vaccine development continues, the U.S. FDA is releasing a revised version of its 2020 guidance, “Development and licensure of vaccines to prevent COVID-19.”
Fake versions of Novo Nordisk A/S’ 1-mg Ozempic prefilled pens are sounding alarms in Europe amid an ongoing shortage of the company’s semaglutide products resulting from demand in the weight-management space.
Wandercraft SAS has begun commercial operations of its exoskeleton, Atalante X, in the U.S., offering another solution to the millions of people living with mobility impairments. The company also formed a partnership with the Kessler Foundation whose research team will investigate the possible benefits of the Atalante X for neurologically impaired patients, including those recovering from stroke, spinal cord injuries and motor neuron disease.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Cardioflow, Edwards Lifesciences, Spectral AI.
Caribou Biosciences Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for CB-012, an allogeneic anti-C-type lectin-like molecule-1 (anti-CLL-1) chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. CLL-1 is highly expressed on acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells and leukemic stem cells, but it is not expressed on hematopoietic stem cells.
A week before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is scheduled to vote on the confirmation of Monica Bertagnolli as the next NIH director, she faced a grilling by the committee fueled by drug pricing agendas and deals the Biden administration made with certain lawmakers to advance her nomination.