WASHINGTON – Concerns about a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, are producing a global reaction as countries rethink their use of nuclear technology and frightened consumers stock up on potassium iodide tablets, one of the only drugs available that can ward off a few of the health effects of exposure to excessive radiation.
In the wake of a tsunami that's claimed thousands of lives, triggered threats of potential nuclear meltdowns and destroyed the infrastructure in cities along Japan's northeastern coastline, the biopharmaceutical industry in Japan is taking stock of its damages.
WASHINGTON – One company's gain could be another's loss if the FDA raises the financial resources threshold for user fee waivers for drugs and biologics.
A $165 million underwriting agreement may be the prescription Exelixis Inc. needs to get its cancer candidate, cabozantinib, through clinical development.
WASHINGTON – One of the intended casualties of the patent reform bill the Senate passed Tuesday is the years-long wait for the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to review a patent application.
WASHINGTON – Whether the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear a pay-for-delay patent settlement case Monday will affect biologics depends largely on how the FDA shapes the biosimilar regulatory pathway in the future.
In an unrequired, head-to-head trial, Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly and Co.'s weekly diabetes candidate Bydureon came up short against Novo Nordisk A/S' daily Victoza.
WASHINGTON – Two government contracts that could be worth up to nearly $200 million each will inoculate Novavax Inc. and VaxInnate Inc. against some of the financial risks involved in getting their recombinant influenza vaccines through clinical development.
