UK – Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo recommended by NICE for rare gastroesophageal cancers
Specifically, NICE’s recommendation is extended to patients with untreated HER2-negative, advanced or metastatic gastric, gastro-oesophageal junction or oesophageal adenocarcinoma if the tumours express PD-L1...
USA – mRNA technology for universal flu vaccine shows early promise in US study
The World Health Organization cites vaccination as the current principal means of reducing or counteracting influenza mortality and morbidity burden, but the constantly evolving...
Europe – AbbVie’s Rinvoq granted NICE recommendation as ulcerative colitis treatment
The recommendation is specifically for adults with the immune-mediated inflammatory bowel disease, for whom conventional or biologic treatments cannot be tolerated, or for those...
Europe – DARWIN EU® welcomes first data partners
EMA has selected the first set of data partners to collaborate with DARWIN EU®, the Data Analysis and Real-World Interrogation Network. The data available to these...
USA – FDA’s top 10 tips to transition your COVID-19 products
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed more than 4,000 medical devices and diagnostics on the market under emergency...
USA – FDA releases guidance on compounding beta-lactam products in shortage
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a new guidance with immediate effect outlining its enforcement policy for preparation of certain beta-lactam...
USA – FDA Approves First Gene Therapy to Treat Adults with Hemophilia B
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an adeno-associated virus vector-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia...
International – Biosimilars, are they comparable to their reference counterparts?
Biologicals such as rituximab and trastuzumab have improved treatment outcomes for many cancers. However, due to their high economic burden, ‘highly similar’ products known...
International – WHO launches R&D efforts to identify pathogens that could cause future pandemics
Disease X represents an unknown pathogen that could have the potential to cause the next global pandemic.
Discussions began on Friday 18 November and WHO...
USA – Industry asks FDA to align quantitative labeling guidance with other regulators
Pharmaceutical manufacturers said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance specifying quantitative labeling recommendations for sodium, potassium and phosphorus in human over-the-counter...
