Senators tell FDA to speed up approvals of generic insulin

1 March 2019 - A bipartisan group of senators want the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change its policy ...

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Incyte announces U.S. FDA has extended the review period for ruxolitinib (Jakafi) in acute graft-versus-host disease

7 February 2019 - Incyte announced today that the U.S. FDA has extended the review period for the supplemental new ...

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Statement from FDA Commissioner on 2019 efforts to advance the development of complex generics to improve patient access to medicines

30 January 2019 - As part of the FDA’s efforts to promote drug competition and patient access, we’ve advanced many ...

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Shutdown risks delaying FDA approval of potentially life-saving drugs and therapies

22 January 2019 - It's not accepting new applications or fees during the shutdown. ...

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FDA chief Scott Gottlieb warns 'we have many hard decisions ahead of us' if government shutdown persists

18 January 2019 - "We are in uncharted territory. This is a watershed moment in the life of this agency," he ...

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FDA review of Aimmune drug put on hold due to government shutdown

14 January 2019 - The ongoing partial shutdown of the U.S. government has temporarily derailed biotech Aimmune Therapeutics' bid to win ...

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The FDA has five weeks till money runs out for approving new drugs

16 January 2019 - The US FDA has roughly five weeks of funding left to review new drug applications during ...

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If the shutdown drags on at FDA, it will put anticipated new treatments in jeopardy

14 January 2019 - The government shutdown could soon jeopardise highly anticipated new drugs from Janssen, Sanofi, and Novartis for ...

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How a 'regulatory dead zone' may be holding up copycat insulin

14 January 2019 - The insulin market has increasingly attracted scrutiny from politicians, regulators and patient groups, as prices ramp ...

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Merck provides update on Keytruda (pembrolizumab) supplemental biologics license application for KEYNOTE-042 trial

20 December 2018 - Merck today announced that the U.S. FDA has extended the action date for the supplemental biologics license ...

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A method for approximating future entry of generic drugs

13 December 2018 - The paper by Beall and colleagues relates to the development and testing of a method for approximating ...

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FDA takes aim at pharma’s biosimilar-delaying tactics

12 December 2018 - Ever-rising cost of insulins also to be targeted. ...

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Gottlieb pushes for funding to speed gene therapy reviews

16 November 2018 - The FDA is working to increase its investment in reviewing gene therapy products, Commissioner Scott Gottlieb ...

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Statement from FDA Commissioner on new efforts to strengthen FDA’s expanded access program

8 November 2018 - Since the 1970s, the FDA has helped to facilitate access to promising investigational medical products for ...

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Statement from FDA Commissioner on new efforts to advance the development of generic copies of complex drugs to improve patient access to medicines

9 October 2018 - As part of the U.S. FDA’s efforts to promote drug competition and patient access, we’ve advanced ...

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