Inflarx NV is poised to apply for U.S. FDA emergency use authorization for its complement inhibitor, vilobelimab, in treating seriously ill, mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients, following a reappraisal of the statistical analysis of the 369-patient placebo-controlled phase III trial.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Aerin Medical, Cardior, Ceribell, Quest Diagnostics, Sciton.
The U.S. FDA’s approval of Revance Therapeutics Inc.’s Daxxify (daxibotulinumtoxinA-lanm) for the temporary improvement of moderate to severe glabellar lines, or frown lines, in adults, positioned the drug to compete with Abbvie Inc.’s blockbuster, Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA), which tallied $678 million in global net revenues for the second quarter of 2022.
The litigation over the fraud perpetrated by Theranos Inc. and its executives is still legally relevant, but another Silicon Valley company and its founder have been indicted over misrepresentations to investors over liquid biopsy technologies that were purported to work with just a few drops of blood. A jury recently convicted Mark Schena, the president of Palo Alto-Calif.-based Arrayit Corp., of defrauding investors and causing false claims to be submitted to federal health programs, another example of how investors can be easily misled by hucksters plying the diagnostics trade.
For a company that dominates the market for devices designed to improve breathing during sleep, Royal Philips NV has had the devil of time catching its own breath over the last 15 months as it has issued wave after wave of recalls.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Serpex Medical, Viewray.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Alvotech, Amylyx, Aston, Astrazeneca, Bausch + Lomb, Novaliq, Novavax, Tenaya.
Tenaya Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application to begin clinical testing of TN-301, a highly selective small-molecule inhibitor of histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) initially being developed for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application for MRT-2359, a potent and selective GSPT1-directed molecular glue degrader (MGD).