Legislative Update — Week of Dec. 11, 2023
As the first session of the 118th Congress continues, FDAnews will track important pending legislation, that has been acted on since July 1, to keep you updated on laws and…
As the first session of the 118th Congress continues, FDAnews will track important pending legislation, that has been acted on since July 1, to keep you updated on laws and…
A survey conducted among attendees of Team NB’s second in vitro device regulation (IVDR) training seminar reflected the worrisome trend of foot-dragging among manufacturers in making an application to a…
Angering drugmakers, the Biden Administration announced Thursday that it’s supporting a previously unused, obscure and controversial regulatory authority called “march-in” rights to achieve lower prices on taxpayer-funded drugs deemed too…
Over the past week, the FDA issued final guidance on verification systems for certain prescription drugs under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act and draft guidances on the interim policy…
In this edition of Quick Notes, we review recent FDA drug approvals of Jaypirca for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma, Ogsiveo for desmoid tumors who…
Two cell-based gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease — Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel or exa-cel) and Lyfgenia (lovotibeglogene autotemcel or lovo-cel) — received FDA approval Friday, marking the first treatments…
Listen to an audio podcast of the November 28, 2023, FDA Drug Safety Communication, FDA warns of rare but serious drug reaction to the antiseizure medicines levetiracetam (Keppra, Keppra XR,…
The FDA has released two draft guidances with interim policies addressing the FDA’s efforts to finalize bulk drug lists for compounders subject to 503A regulations and for compounders using bulk…
As action dates for two groundbreaking sickle cell gene therapies loom, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA), is raising questions about the cost, and how these extremely expensive, but life-changing,…
As the comment period closed Wednesday on a trio of FDA draft guidances covering data requirements for 510(k) device submissions, industry trade group AdvaMed expressed its clear concerns that the…