Biden Administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations will face major tests in 2024

28 December 2023 - US patients and drug makers will get a first glimpse of how much Medicare can negotiate down ...

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Centralised marketing authorisations of generic versions of Tecfidera are revoked by the European Commission

19 December 2023 - Biogen today announced that the European Commission has revoked the centralised marketing authorizations for generic versions ...

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Artificial intelligence workplan to guide use of AI in medicines regulation

18 December 2023 - The EMA and the Heads of Medicines Agencies have published an artificial intelligence workplan to 2028, ...

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Biden Administration to impose inflation penalties on dozens of drugs

15 December 2023 - The Biden Administration said on Thursday it had identified 48 drugs in the Medicare program whose ...

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CSL Behring’s Hemgenix granted first ever direct access in France for haemophilia B gene therapy

13 December 2023 - CSL Behring has been granted Direct Access for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec) by the French Ministry of ...

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Apellis provides update on on-going regulatory review of pegcetacoplan for GA in the European Union

14 December 2023 - Apellis Pharmaceuticals announced today an update on the on-going review of its marketing authorisation application for ...

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MHRA supports launch of Innovate UK’s first of its kind initiative to fund new regulatory science and innovation networks

14 December 2023 - Applications are now open for academic institutions wishing to bid for funding to collaborate with others to ...

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First version of the Union list of critical medicines agreed to help avoid potential shortages in the EU

12 December 2023 - The European Commission, the Heads of Medicines Agencies and EMA have published the first version of the ...

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FDA creates new advisory committee for evaluation of genetic metabolic disease treatments

12 December 2023 - Today, the US FDA announced it is creating a new advisory committee related to potential treatments for ...

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Statement from President Joe Biden on FDA approval of gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease

8 December 2023 - As we’ve seen throughout our history, when the US Government invests in innovation, we can achieve breakthroughs ...

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US sets policy to seize patents of Government funded drugs if price deemed too high

8 December 2023 - The Biden Administration on Thursday announced it is setting new policy that will allow it to ...

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‘Learning each other’s language’: FDA, patent office seek to work together to lower drug prices

7 December 2023 - In 1997, Celgene obtained a key patent for what would become a blockbuster blood cancer treatment, ...

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Biden Administration could seize patents for high priced drugs

7 December 2023 - The Biden administration proposed a rule Thursday that could let the Government seize patents for medicines developed ...

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Relaunched EMA website now live

5 December 2023 - EMA has relaunched its website: www.ema.europa.eu.  ...

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Government sends mixed message to global life science investors

5 December 2023 - The Government has published new terms for the Statutory Scheme for branded medicines, maintaining sales rebates ...

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