Insignis Therapeutics Inc.’s sublingual anaphylaxis treatment IN-001 has received Fast Track designation from the FDA. The Fast Track program is designed to expedite the product review and facilitate the development of drugs that treat serious conditions and address unmet medical needs.
Cidara Therapeutics Inc. announced in its Q2 filing that it received IND clearance for its drug-Fc conjugate (DFC) immunotherapy CBO-421 in July of 2024.
Aiming to offer an advantage over Dupixent (dupilumab, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.), dermatology-focused Galderma Holding SA won clearance from the U.S. FDA for Nemluvio (nemolizumab) as a prefilled pen providing a subcutaneous injection to treat adults with prurigo nodularis (PN).
The U.S. FDA warning letter to Globus Medical Inc., highlights some long-running concerns at the agency about medical device reporting practices, but the agency was keen to point to a problem with the company’s complaint trending practices.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health sponsored a study that was designed to establish whether there are any biomarkers that are strongly associated with the constellation of symptoms known as long COVID, but the study shed little light on the question.
With inter partes reviews (IPR) once feared as patent killers, the mere fact that an IPR petition challenging a drug or device patent had been filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was enough to send a company’s stock tumbling. That initial fear has “kind of ebbed and flowed” over the past 12 years as the patent reviews established by the America Invents Act have come of age, Aziz Burgy, a partner and patent litigator at Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, told BioWorld.
In turning the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) one initial defeat into a victory, a federal district court handed HHS a 7-0 record in getting constitutional challenges to Medicare price negotiations dismissed.
Executives of ARS Pharmaceuticals Inc. are anticipating a quick switch for severe allergy patients following the U.S. FDA approval of Neffy (epinephrine nasal spray 2 mg), marking the first needle-free treatment option.
After many months of jockeying, the U.S. FDA has approved Ascendis Pharma A/S’ hormone replacement therapy Yorvipath (palopegteriparatide) for treating hypoparathyroidism. Ascendis said this is the first and only treatment for adults with the rare endocrine disease.
The U.S. FDA draft guidance for enforcement of in vitro diagnostics for emergent threats without a public health emergency has proposed some significant restrictions, which drew several negative responses.
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