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European Commission vs Big Pharma, or profit vs access?  

Drug Discovery World

What is likely to be the cumulative effect on innovation of the different losses in exclusivity, also given the forthcoming Patent Package which could link the review’s rules on product shortages to EU-wide compulsory licensing?

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Noema Pharma raises CHF54 million in Series A financing round led by Sofinnova Partners and Polaris Partners

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I n-licensing of four clinical-stage product candidates to treat orphan neurological disorders. From the outset, Noema has been leveraging the latest scientific discoveries in neuroscience to identify and pursue promising new indications, and to elaborate a strategy around the four product candidates it licensed from Roche.

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Article FDA Thank You CDER’s latest novel drug approvals report shows how the pandemic is still affecting some drug approvals

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These windows depend on whether the new drug application (NDA) or biologics license application (BLA) is a new molecular entity, and if the application has received standard review (10 months, plus 2 months of administrative time) or priority review (6 months, plus 2 months of administrative time).

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Article EMA Thank You EMA’s 2023 new medicines report suggests return to pre-pandemic volume

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However, this is actually relatively aligned with the number of new active substances seen prior to and during the first year of the pandemic: 39 in 2020 ; 30 in 2019 ; 42 in 2018 and 35 in 2017. The clinical package, safety and label were not affected. 2023 saw the review of 17 orphan medicines, compared to an annual average of 20.6

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Deliberate Dysentery

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We wouldn't do a challenge trial for Ebola, because the disease is extremely severe, and there are currently no licensed treatments or vaccines. With hepatitis C, what changed within the last 10 years was the development of direct-acting antivirals , or DAAs, which are packaged into pills that you can take once a day for a few months.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You The U.S. regulatory landscape for probiotics and other microbiome-based therapies

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The prebiotic may either feed the probiotic that it is packaged with, or it may feed another beneficial microbe that is intended to complement the activity of the probiotic. As an example, in 2018 the FDA requested a recall of a specific medical food product (Limbrel; Primus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You FDA fiscal year in review: New drug approvals in the wake of the pandemic and legislative reforms

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All products are received in one of two forms: A New Drug Application (or NDA, for pharmaceuticals) or a Biologics License Application (BLA, for biologics). AgencyIQ compiled these data using information in approval letters and review packages posted to the Drugs@FDA database. What’s next? Stay tuned.

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