While it will need a “reasonable period of time” to do so, Turkey said Aug. 29 that it intends to establish a level playing field for foreign and domestic drug producers in accordance with the recommendations and rulings of World Trade Organization dispute arbitrators.
Brazilian regulatory agency Anvisa reported that it is participating in an investigation that launched Aug. 25 into alleged crimes of smuggling, misrepresenting, distributing and delivering proxalutamide related to a clinical trial in Brazil.
For the first time since they’ve had access to U.S. capital, biopharma and med-tech companies based in China and Hong Kong are having to comply with the same accountability standards companies in the U.S. and other countries must follow as a condition of trading on U.S. markets.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Rafa Laboratories.
Japan’s Healios K.K. is in discussions with Japan’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agenc about the regulatory path forward for its Multistem somatic stem cell products, for which it conducted phase II/III trials in ischemic stroke and a phase II trial in acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Bluebird, Innovent, Moderna, Pfizer, Pharmazz, Plus, Polpharma, Tracon.
Stemcyte Inc. has received IND approval from the FDA for a phase II trial using umbilical cord blood stem cell therapy for post-COVID syndrome, or long COVID.
If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. vs. Glaxosmithkline LLC, it could be one of the biggest biopharma cases on the court’s calendar in the coming year. But that’s still an if. Whether the patent infringement case involving a so-called “skinny label” makes it to the high court’s docket depends on which interpretation of the underlying question the court accepts.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Galaxy Medical, Neuronetics, Serpex Medical.