Metastasis-free survival in prostate cancer: faster drug approvals, better drugs?

12 December 2018 - On 13 February 2018, the US FDA granted marketing authorisation to apalutamide for treatment of non-metastatic castration-resistant ...

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Bayesian hierarchical models

11 December 2018 - Treatment effects will differ from one study to another evaluating similar therapies, both because of random variation ...

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Mayne Pharma receives FDA approval of Tolsura (SUBA-itraconazole capsules) for the treatment of certain fungal infections

11 December 2018 - Mayne Pharma is pleased to announce that the US FDA has approved the new drug application ...

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Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis FDA grants “fast-track” and “QIPD” to Zambon for colistimethate sodium powder for nebuliser solution delivered by the I-neb AAD system

11 December 2018 - Non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis is a, chronic, progressive and irreversible disease, prevalent in Europe and the US. ...

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The drug industry is headed back to Congress to make its case. Will Democrats keep the door open?

10 December 2018 - With annual revenues of roughly $450 million and an army of some 160 lobbyists, PhRMA has ...

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Intra-Cellular Therapies announces FDA acceptance of new drug application for lumateperone for the treatment of schizophrenia

11 December 2018 - Intra-Cellular Therapies today announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted for review its new drug application for ...

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Statement from FDA Commissioner on new actions advancing the agency’s biosimilars policy framework

11 December 2018 - Our public health obligations touch on many aspects of how medical products are developed and used ...

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Stealth BioTherapeutics granted fast track designation for elamipretide for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration with geographic atrophy

10 December 2018 - Stealth BioTherapeutics today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation for its lead investigational ...

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U.S. FDA grants fast track designation to Asana BioSciences’ oral dual JAK-SYK inhibitor, ASN002, for the treatment of atopic dermatitis

10 December 2018 - Asana BioSciences announced today that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation to Asana’s investigational oral ...

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Pfenex submits new drug application to U.S. FDA seeking approval of PF708 for the treatment of osteoporosis

10 December 2018 - Submitted as a 505(b)(2) NDA with an expected ten month review. ...

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Blue Earth Diagnostics announces U.S. FDA filing acceptance of supplemental new drug application for 18F-fluciclovine PET Imaging in Glioma

10 December 2018 - The application seeks to expand Axumin (fluciclovine F 18) label for use in detection and continuing ...

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The rise of use of medical devices force FDA to change the rules

9 December 2018 - A disruptive market of $410 billion until 2023, changes dramatically with the entrance of small and medium ...

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Investigation of generic ‘cartel’ expands to 300 drugs

9 December 2018 - Executives at more than a dozen generic drug companies had a form of shorthand to describe ...

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Medical device price differentials in the U.S. and Europe – rethinking price regulation?

7 December 2018 - Recently, there has been a robust discussion of an October Trump administration proposal that Medicare pay for ...

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Patent abuse is driving up drug prices. Just look at Lantus.

7 December 2018 -  A rare point of consensus following the midterm elections is that Americans are adamant about lowering ...

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