Novavax and European Commission finalise advance purchase agreement for up to 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

4 August 2021 - Agreement for 100 million doses with option for additional 100 million doses through 2023. ...

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Spectrum Pharmaceuticals receives complete response letter from FDA for Rolontis (eflapegrastim)

6 August 2021 - Spectrum Pharmaceuticals today announced receipt of a complete response letter from the U.S. FDA regarding the company’s ...

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Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) significantly prolonged recurrence-free survival compared to placebo as adjuvant therapy for patients with stage II resected high-risk melanoma in Phase 3 KEYNOTE-716 trial

5 August 2021 - US FDA grants priority review to Merck’s application for Keytruda based on these data. ...

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Novavax delays Covid vaccine emergency authorisation submission to FDA until fourth quarter

5 August 2021 - The company says it is still on track to produce 100 million doses per month by the ...

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Interoperability of track and trace systems: key to public health protection

6 August 2021 - EMA has endorsed recommendations developed by the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities to facilitate the use ...

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Formycon and Bioeq announce submission of the biologics license application for FYB201, a biosimilar candidate to Lucentis (ranibizumab) to the U.S. FDA

5 August 2021 - Formycon and its license partner Bioeq announce that the biologics license application for FYB201, Formycon’s biosimilar ...

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Altoida awarded FDA breakthrough designation for development of world’s first precision neurology device for prediction of Alzheimer's disease

5 August 2021 - Breakthrough designation will advance the development of industry’s first predictive diagnostic device for conversion to Alzheimer’s disease, ...

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Exelixis announces U.S. FDA accepts for priority review the supplemental new drug application for Cabometyx (cabozantinib) for patients with previously treated radioactive iodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer

5 August 2021 - U.S. Food and Drug Administration assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act action date of 4 December ...

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Pillar Biosciences receives premarket approval from FDA for its oncoReveal Dx lung and colon cancer assay

5 August 2021 - Pillar Biosciences today announced the U.S. FDA has given premarket approval to its oncoReveal Dx Lung ...

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Eiger announces FDA breakthrough therapy designation for avexitide for treatment of congenital hyperinsulinism

5 August 2021 - All five orphan programs now have breakthrough therapy designation. ...

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From Our Perspective: FDA approval demonstrates the role of real world evidence in regulatory decision-making on drug effectiveness

4 August 2021 - In this CDER From Our Perspective, experts discuss the recent FDA approval of Prograf (tacrolimus) in combination ...

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MT-3921 granted FDA fast track designation for treatment of spinal cord injury

4 August 2021 - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma announced today that Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America has received fast track designation ...

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COVID-19 vaccine weekly safety report (5 August 2021)

5 August 2021 - Three additional cases of blood clots with low blood platelets have been assessed as thrombosis with thrombocytopenia ...

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Lupus drug will be ‘game changer’

5 August 2021 - The first targeted treatment for the debilitating auto-immune condition lupus could soon be available in Australia after ...

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Health Canada approves Arazlo lotion for acne vulgaris treatment

4 August 2021 - Bausch Health said that Health Canada has approved the Notice of Compliance for Arazlo ( tazarotene) ...

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