The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: Retiring lawmakers urge 340B modernization; How human are ‘human antibodies’?; ANDA suitability MAPP updated; MHRA: Drug interactions possible with COVID-19.
NEW DELHI – India’s digital health market is poised to grow rapidly over the next five years propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to two new reports.
PARIS – A consortium that includes Therapanacea SAS, GE Healthcare France SAS, Orange Healthcare SA, the AP-HP group of 39 hospitals in the Paris region and the French academic society for thoracic imaging has created a database for COVID-19.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Ac Immune, Alliance Family of Companies, Applied DNA Sciences, Battelle, Caretaker Medical, Cerner, Clinical Laserthermia Systems, Columbia University, DNA Labs International, Freedom Innovations, Haliodx, Induction, Medalliance, OSU Wexner Medical Center, Osmind, Ottobock, Pacific Edge, Paltown Development Foundation Proteor, Providence, Southwest Labs, Stratus, Tegria, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Votis.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbott, Cartiheal, GE Healthcare, Varian.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: ICER cost models going global; Canada prepares for ICH Q12; HHS partners on Lyme innovation; AMA adds codes for COVID-influenza testing; MedPAC concerned about post-pandemic telehealth; CMS: CLIA audits yield cease-and-desist letters.
HONG KONG – South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has approved an additional indication for CT-P59, Incheon-based Celltrion Inc.’s anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody.
Astrazeneca plc said it has received about $486 million from the U.S. government to support the development and supply of a long-acting antibody combination under evaluation for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Phase III trials of the candidate, AZD-7442, are slated to begin later this month, the company told BioWorld. One trial will enroll more than 6,000 adults for the prevention of COVID-19 with additional trials set to enroll about 4,000 adults for the treatment of the infection, the Cambridge, U.K.-based company said.