Statement on the FDA’s benefit-risk framework for evaluating opioid analgesics

20 June 2019 - Addressing the crisis of opioid addiction is an issue of great concern for our nation and remains ...

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Pathway to US approval clarified after FDA issues complete response letter on use of Bronchitol for adult CF patients

20 June 2019 - Pharmaxis today announced its US licensee Chiesi has received a complete response letter from the US ...

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U.S. FDA accepts supplemental biologics license application for Ultomiris (ravulizumab-cwvz) under priority review for the treatment of atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome

20 June 2019 - FDA sets target action date of 19 October 2019. ...

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Sustainable discovery and development of antibiotics — is a non-profit approach the future?

19 June 2019 - Shifting to a nonprofit-driven model for development of antibiotics could encourage discovery and development of truly needed ...

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Melinta Therapeutics announces U.S. FDA acceptance of supplemental new drug application for Baxdela (delafloxacin) for the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia

19 June 2019 - Application seeks to expand label to include an indication and phase III data for the treatment of ...

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With eyes on Gilead, law makers want details on how HHS reviews possible patent infringement

18 June 2019 - A pair of law makers has asked the Government Accountability Office to review how the U.S. ...

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FDA grants fast track designation for Torque's first deep-primed T cell cancer immunotherapy program, TRQ-1501

18 June 2019 - Torque announced today that the U.S. FDA granted fast track designation for Torque's first Deep-Primed T cell ...

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Abeona Therapeutics receives FDA fast track designation for ABO-202 AAV9 gene therapy in CLN1 disease

18 June 2019 - Abeona Therapeutics today announced that the U.S. Food and FDA has granted fast track designation to its ...

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FDA approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as monotherapy for patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other prior line of therapy

18 June 2019 - Marks first approval for Keytruda in small cell lung cancer. ...

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FDA releases new data to help generic drug competitors

18 June 2019 - Generic drug applicants will now have more information from the US FDA when deciding whether to ...

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Statement on a new effort to improve transparency and predictability for generic drug applicants to help increase timely access to high-quality, lower cost generic drugs

18 June 2019 - The U.S. FDA is committed to helping facilitate American patients’ access to lower-cost generic medicines by ...

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Eiger announces breakthrough therapy designation granted by FDA for avexitide for treatment of post-bariatric hypoglycemia

17 June 2019 - Third Eiger pipeline program granted breakthrough therapy designation. ...

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FDA approves new treatment for paediatric patients with type 2 diabetes

17 June 2019 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Victoza (liraglutide) injection for treatment of paediatric patients 10 ...

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Blueprint Medicines submits new drug application to U.S. FDA for avapritinib for the treatment of PDGFRA exon 18 mutant GIST and fourth-line GIST

14 June 2019 - Blueprint Medicines Corporation today announced it has submitted a new drug application to the U.S. FDA for ...

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Pharma blockchains AI for drug development

15 June 2019 - The venture would allow AI to be trained on millions of datapoints across databases from several drug ...

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