Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Moleculight, Paige.
Glaxosmithkline plc and Vir Biotechnology Inc.’s sotrovimab has become the latest COVID-19 antibody to be pulled from the market in the U.S., after the FDA revoked its emergency use authorization (EUA) because of the rise of the omicron BA.2 subvariant.
Medicine shortages have been of particular concern during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration said it would seek to amend regulations to allow imports of overseas substitute drugs if the Australian drug has been discontinued and canceled from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Amniotics, BMS, CNS, Starton, Tiziana.
As part of an investigation into the international provisions of the U.S. 2017 tax law, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is zeroing in on how Merck & Co. Inc. was able to report 14% of its pre-tax income in the U.S. when nearly half of its global sales were in the country.
Even as many in the U.S. are looking for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra reinforced expectations April 5 that he will continue the emergency declaration into the summer, if not beyond. When asked during a Senate Finance Committee budget hearing if he saw the emergency ending this summer, Becerra declined to give a date, but reiterated his commitment to give stakeholders at least 60 days’ notice.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Ariste Medical, Baxter, Bearpac Medical.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare finished the first quarter – and Japan’s fiscal year – with a bang, handing out 32 approvals in the month of March. It marked a massive jump from previous months, which saw 13 products approved in February 2022 and 12 in January 2022. A total of nine products were approved in December 2021.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Accutar, Acer, Alnylam, Ascletis, Blade, Cansino, Curis, Immunitybio, Immunocore, Janssen, Junshi, JW, Kite, Nobelpharma, Precigen, Regeneron, Roche, Sanofi.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare finished the first quarter – and Japan’s fiscal year – with a bang, handing out 32 approvals in the month of March. It marked a massive jump from previous months, which saw 13 products approved in February 2022 and 12 in January 2022. A total of nine products were approved in December 2021.