FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a pivotal role in fostering the development of treatments for rare diseases through its Orphan Products Grants Program. Each year, FDA selects a limited number of clinical trials to fund to help sponsors pursue development of medical products for rare diseases and advance their field.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Cytalux is used with a Near-Infrared fluorescence imaging system cleared by the FDA for specific use with pafolacianine. The FDA previously granted Cytalux orphan-drug , priority and fast track designations. The FDA granted the approval to On Target Laboratories, LLC. The FDA, an agency within the U.S.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

FDA Approves Danyelza (naxitamab-gqgk) for the Treatment of Neuroblastoma. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has approved Danyelza (naxitamab-gqgk) 40mg/10ml. This indication is approved under accelerated approval regulation based on overall response rate and duration of response. NEW YORK, Nov.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

OCTOBER 16, 2024

FDA, arguing that labeling modifications are impermissible, has been squarely rejected. Novartis additionally alleged that FDA unlawfully permitted the carve-out of critical safety information of a modified dosing regimen and unlawfully approved an active ingredient that was not the “same” as the Reference Listed Drug (“RLD”).

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Policy Prescription

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Rome, MD, MPH Author Affiliations: Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law (PORTAL), Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (Lalani, Hwang, Kesselheim, Rome); Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Lalani, Hwang, Kesselheim, Rome).

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

OCTOBER 1, 2024

District Court for the District of Columbia (“DDC”) against FDA alleging that the Agency’s structure of NDA review is unconstitutional (by our count the 31st Vanda litigation against FDA or another government entity in the last five years, including appeals). Consider, for example, a Complaint filed just recently in the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2021

People with achondroplasia have a genetic mutation that causes a certain growth regulation gene called fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 to be overly active, which prevents normal bone growth. A condition of this accelerated approval is a post-marketing study that will assess final adult height. The FDA, an agency within the U.S.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Treatment is First FDA-Approved Option Patients Can Take Regardless of Previous Therapies. Food and Drug Administration approved Besremi (ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft) injection to treat adults with polycythemia vera, a blood disease that causes the overproduction of red blood cells. The FDA, an agency within theU.S.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 13, 2020

NS Pharma has claimed a tentative FDA approval for its Viltepso (viltolarsen) injection in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients who are suitable to receive exon 53 skipping therapy. Based on these data, the FDA judged that Viltepso is “reasonably likely” to provide clinical benefit in the approved indication.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JANUARY 18, 2024

Houck — In August 2023 the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) reschedule marijuana from schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to schedule III. HHS forwards FDA’s analysis and recommendation to DEA. By Larry K.

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Pharmaceutical Development Group

JANUARY 7, 2022

Effective and consistent use and application of Data Standards can reduce costs of Pharmaceutical Drug and Biologic Products and Process Development, Drug Development Services, 505(b) NDA, IND Consulting , NDA Consulting, BLA Consulting , and effective FDA Pre-Submission collectively resulting in FDA Approval. Spanogle, Ph.D.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 15, 2020

FDA Approves Klisyri (tirbanibulin) for the Treatment of Actinic Keratosis on the Face or Scalp. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Klisyri (tirbanibulin) for the topical treatment of actinic keratosis (AK) on the face or scalp. The FDA approval of Klisyri is a significant milestone for Athenex.

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Agency IQ

JUNE 16, 2023

The 51 regulations that FDA is currently working on The FDA today unveiled its much-anticipated Spring 2023 Unified Agenda, a document outlining the regulations the agency plans to release in 2023 and beyond. The anticipated date of publication is June 2023, meaning we should see this regulation imminently.

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MARCH 15, 2022

“Today’s approval of the first generic for one of the most commonly prescribed complex drug-device combination products to treat asthma and COPD is another step forward in our commitment to bring generic copies of complex drugs to the market, which can improve quality of life and help reduce the cost of treatment,” said Sally Choe, Ph.D.,

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 19, 2022

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved commercial production at the company’s new CAR T-cell therapy manufacturing facility in Frederick, Maryland. The site will produce Kite’s FDA approved CAR T-cell therapy used to treat blood cancer. Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), today announced the U.S.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Food and Drug Administration approved Jardiance (empagliflozin) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adults. Jardiance was originally approved by the FDA in 2014 as a supplement to diet and exercise to improve glucose control in adults with type 2 diabetes. Related Information.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 7, 2024

Additionally, Novartis alleged that FDA unlawfully permitted the carve-out of critical safety information of a modified dosing regimen. Each of these issues, says Novartis, “independently renders the agency’s decision unlawful, and invalidates the agency’s approval of the MSN product.” From the government’s brief, see here.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Karst — While the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”) is inherently distinct from the Hatch-Waxman Act, many of the fundamental concepts FDA adopted as it enacted the Hatch-Waxman Act made their way into FDA’s implementation of the BPCIA. FDA borrowed this definition from 21 C.F.R.

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Agency IQ

JULY 26, 2024

FDA finalizes guidance on electronic submissions for OTC products FDA has fulfilled its commitment under the Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee (OMUFA) program to issue final guidance on how sponsors can electronically submit monographs and other documents. Read AgencyIQ’s explainer on the CARES Act here.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

FDA Approves Imcivree (setmelanotide) for Chronic Weight Management in Patients with Obesity Due to POMC, PCSK1 or LEPR Deficiency. With this approval, Imcivree becomes the first-ever FDA approved therapy for these rare genetic diseases of obesity. BOSTON, Nov. in the first quarter of 2021.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 29, 2021

. “This is a momentous day for people who rely daily on insulin for treatment of diabetes, as biosimilar and interchangeable biosimilar products have the potential to greatly reduce health care costs,” said Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, M.D.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

All DEA-registered practitioners may continue to prescribe via audio-visual telemedicine encounters schedule II-V controlled substances, and schedule III-narcotic controlled substances that are FDA-approved for opioid use disorder management and treatment. Thankfully, we have until December 31, 2025 to ruminate about it.

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Agency IQ

JULY 8, 2024

In a new final rule, FDA carves out a regulatory niche for medical gases Industry has been lobbying FDA and Congress to regulate medical gases different from other types of drug products since the 1970s. Broadly, the rule sought to require the use of certain safeguards in the production, storage, and use of medical gases.

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Agency IQ

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

FDA’s nonprescription advisors find no efficacy for phenylephrine This week, FDA’s Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee (NDAC) voted unanimously that current scientific data do not support the efficacy of oral phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant, aligning with FDA analysis — and re-analysis — of data.

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The Premier Consulting Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

In 2019, the FDA published a discussion paper on a proposed regulatory framework for modification to AI/ML-based software as a medical device (SaMD), which received a significant amount of feedback from stakeholders. FDA Discussions As a result of the feedback received in 2019, the FDA outlined the five-pillar approach to regulating AI/ML.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JULY 24, 2023

Koblitz — Neither Jazz Pharmaceuticals nor Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals has taken the battle of sodium oxybate—a drug approved to treat narcolepsy—lying down. After suing each other in patent litigation and Avadel’s suit against FDA challenging the Agency’s authority to compel patent certifications, it’s Jazz’s turn to sue FDA.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 15, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Darzalex Faspro ® (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj), a subcutaneous formulation of daratumumab, in combination with bortezomib, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone (D-VCd) for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed light chain (AL) amyloidosis.[1]

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Industry has long requested input from FDA about the types of patents that can be listed in the Orange Book, and, in response, FDA asked for comments on the types of patents that should be listed. But FDA has never made an affirmative statement as to the types of patents that can be listed in the Orange Book.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration (IGA) in a line of domestic pigs, referred to as GalSafe pigs, which may be used for food or human therapeutics. The FDA determined that food from GalSafe pigs is safe for the general population to eat. SILVER SPRING, Md. ,

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Agency IQ

JUNE 2, 2023

FDA unveils long-awaited Patient Medication Information proposed rule Since 2017, the FDA has been working on a proposal to create a new type of patient-focused labeling for certain outpatient drug products that would be specifically targeted for patient use. The FDA recently concluded its work on a proposed rule focused on PMI.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 21, 2020

The FDA has authorised Novartis’ Kesimpta (ofatumumab) for treating patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), it has been revealed. . The injectable treatment also covers other forms of MS including clinically isolated syndrome and active secondary progressive disease. It can also be self-administered once a month.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 13, 2021

Third time’s the charm as Heron wins FDA nod for non-opioid anesthetic Zynrelef ( Endpoints ). Amgen, AstraZeneca bolster their case for breakthrough asthma program as FDA considers taking up a review ( Endpoints ). Japan vaccine chief blames drug approval system for slow inoculation drive ( Reuters ).

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 12, 2024

As with other FDA-regulated products, such as human drugs and medical devices, the “regulatory review period” is composed of a “testing phase” and a “review phase.” The “review phase” is the period between the initial submission and approval of the NADA. FDA’s PTE regulations at 21 C.F.R.

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 7, 2023

This drug was approved to reduce the risk of preterm birth in women pregnant with one baby who have a history of spontaneous preterm birth. The decision was issued jointly by the FDA Commissioner and Chief Scientist. Based on that review, they have decided to withdraw approval of Makena and generic versions of Makena.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Priority Review designation directs overall attention and resources to the evaluation of applications for drugs that, if approved, would be significant improvements in the safety or effectiveness of the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of serious conditions when compared to standard applications. The FDA, an agency within theU.S.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Dr. Won will share his expertise and insights on the intricacies of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations pertaining to medical devices, with a special focus on class II and class III hearing devices. Philip Won , of Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Valentine — On November 22, 2022, FDA approved CSL Behring’s BLA for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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