Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Atara, Beigene, Biomea, Mirum, Novartis, Phanes, Prestige, Reata, Regeneron, Takeda, Travere.
The U.S. FDA’s regulation of commercial speech under the First Amendment has been controversial and has handed the agency several losses in court, but Arun Rao of the U.S. Department of Justice let it be known that DOJ is still keen on commercial speech enforcement. Rao said the case of Gonzalez v. Google, which will be heard by the Supreme Court, is an example of potentially precedent-setting litigation, and that manufacturers of drugs and devices may experience an uptick in enforcement depending on where the Supreme Court lands in Gonzalez.
The Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act has been floating around Capitol Hill for the past four years, but was once again left by the wayside when Congress passed the latest round of U.S. FDA user fee legislation. Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, said in a press briefing that the prospects for the legislation dim considerably if Congress does not pass the VALID Act by the end of the calendar year, raising the prospect that the FDA will act unilaterally to engage in rulemaking to deal with regulation of lab-developed tests.
A vaccine for dengue fever, an advanced therapy for a complication after transplants, and a potential first-in-class drug for a form of psoriasis were among medicines recommended for approval by European regulators on Oct. 14.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Ulrich Medical.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Biomarin, Hangzhou Yuyuan, Lixte, Obseva, Remegen.
The U.S. FDA’s regulation of commercial speech under the First Amendment has been controversial and has handed the agency several losses in court, but Arun Rao of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) let it be known that DOJ is still keen on commercial speech enforcement. Rao said the case of Gonzalez v. Google, which will be heard by the Supreme Court, is an example of potentially precedent-setting litigation, and that manufacturers of drugs and devices may experience an uptick in enforcement depending on where the Supreme Court lands in Gonzalez.
Prescription drug names are generally invented words that are often easier to spell than they are to pronounce. And, for the most part, they’re meaningless until they’ve been associated with a drug.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Aim, Biomind, Eagle, Elevar, Galectin, Merck & Co., Moerna, Pfizer, Regeneron, Sisaf.