Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Merit Medical, Sanolla, Truvic.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Biogen, Deinove, Gilead, Glaxosmithkline, Merck, Neurosigma, Novavax, Serum Institute.
The release by the U.S. CMS of the final national coverage determination (NCD) for Biogen Inc.’s Alzheimer disease (AD) drug, Aduhelm (aducanumab), lit speculation on the meaning for others in the space. CMS is “still being conservative,” said Howard Fillit, co-founder and chief science officer of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF). “We’re in a new era. It’s unprecedented that Medicare doesn’t pay for a drug that received approval from the FDA,” even though it was not a full but an accelerated clearance.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Adverum, Henlius, Ilias, Minerva, Regeneron, Sanofi, Triastek.
When the U.S. FDA convened its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) April 6 to advise on a path forward to the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, there was a lot of talk about all the unknowns.
After a difficult start, there’s been more progress in PIK3 drug class, with FDA approval of Novartis AG’s Vijoice (alpelisib) for the rare condition PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS).
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has issued draft rules to permit U.S. auditors to examine U.S.-listed Chinese companies on April 2, 2022, following a provisional list by the U.S. SEC.
The U.S. FDA has given the green light to a pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair device developed by Misgav, Israel-based Escala Medical Ltd. The mesh-free, non-surgical repair system is designed to anchor sutures to ligaments of the pelvic floor in an incision-free procedure. Escala, which is a portfolio company of Israeli government franchised incubator Trendlines Group Ltd., believes the device will help the 1 in 5 women in the U.S. affected by POP.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Aidoc, Arterys, Escala, Seegene.