Even before year end, 2020's new drug approvals match FDA's 2019 stats

7 December 2020 - The US FDA has kept its new drug approvals for 2020 on track to match or ...

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Trump Administration passed on chance to secure more of Pfizer vaccine

7 December 2020 - The pharmaceutical company offered the government a chance to lock in additional supplies before its vaccine was ...

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Carlsmed aprevo granted unprecedented decision by FDA

8 December 2020 - -Carlsmed today announced it has been granted 510(k) clearance and breakthrough device designation by the FDA for ...

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Turning Point Therapeutics granted FDA breakthrough therapy designation for repotrectinib treatment in patients with ROS1 positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who have not been treated with a ROS1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor

8 December 2020 - Updated data from TRIDENT-1 study in tyrosine kinase inhibitor naïve patients with ROS1 positive non-small cell lung ...

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Pfizer's vaccine offers COVID-19 protection after first dose, FDA says

9 December 2020 - Pfizer has cleared the next hurdle in the race to get its COVID-19 vaccine approved for ...

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CDER focuses on novel drug development tools to help speed creation of new therapies

7 December 2020 - There are many novel drug development tools that incorporate the latest advances in science and technology but ...

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FDA could authorise Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine this week as U.S. deaths surge

7 December 2020 - An FDA advisory group is scheduled to convene on Thursday to review Pfizer’s vaccine. ...

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Immunicum receives FDA fast track designation for ilixadencel in gastro-intestinal stromal tumours

7 December 2020 - Immunicum announced today that it has received fast track designation from the U.S. FDA for the Company’s ...

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Scynexis announces FDA acceptance and priority review of new drug application for oral ibrexafungerp for the treatment of vaginal yeast infections

7 December 2020 - 6 month Priority Review granted for ibrexafungerp with PDUFA target action date set for 1 June 2021. ...

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Chimerix announces FDA acceptance of new drug application for brincidofovir as a medical countermeasure for smallpox

7 December 2020 - Chimerix today announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted the filing of a new drug application ...

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scPharmaceuticals receives complete response letter from FDA for Furoscix

7 December 2020 - Complete response letter did not identify clinical deficiencies. ...

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The elderly vs. essential workers: who should get the coronavirus vaccine first?

5 December 2020 - The C.D.C. will soon decide which group to recommend next, and the debate over the trade-offs is ...

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HHS’s Alex Azar says Pfizer vaccine could receive green light within days

6 December 2020 - The top U.S. health official said the federal government could authorise Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine within days ...

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FDA approves weight management drug for patients aged 12 and older

4 December 2020 - The U.S. FDA has approved Saxenda (liraglutide) for chronic weight management among patients aged 12 and older ...

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Pfizer slashes its original COVID-19 vaccine rollout target after supply-chain obstacles

4 December 2020 - Pfizer expects to ship half of the COVID-19 vaccines it originally planned for this year because ...

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