The US regulatory system and COVID-19 vaccines: the importance of a strong and capable FDA

15 February 2021 - For many in public health and medicine, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the US has ...

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Targovax receives fast track designation for ONCOS-102

15 February 2021 - Targovax today announces that its lead clinical candidate ONCOS-102 has received fast track designation in malignant ...

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Polaryx Therapeutics receives both rare paediatric disease and orphan drug designations for the treatment of Krabbe disease with PLX-300

10 February 2021 - Polaryx Therapeutics announced today that it has received both rare paediatric disease and orphan drug designations for ...

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It’s time to fast track innovation in medical devices for children

11 February 2021 - When a baby arrived at Children’s National Hospital with a critically underdeveloped heart, it was clear ...

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Assessment of FDA and EMA approved systemic oncology therapies and clinically meaningful improvements in quality of life

11 February 2021 - Are oncology therapies recently approved by the US FDA and the EMA associated with clinically meaningful improvements ...

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Mallinckrodt provides regulatory update on StrataGraft

12 February 2021 - Mallinckrodt today announced that the U.S. FDA has informed the Company that it is deferring action ...

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FDA approves drug to reduce bone marrow suppression caused by chemotherapy

12 February 2021 - Today, the U.S. FDA approved Cosela (trilaciclib) as the first therapy in its class to reduce the ...

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U.S. FDA approves Panzyga for the treatment of adults with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

12 February 2021 - The first and only FDA approved intravenous immunoglobulin with two maintenance dosing options for  chronic inflammatory ...

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Rescindo Therapeutics’ RSC-57 receives FDA orphan drug designation and rare paediatric disease designation for Kabuki syndrome

12 February 2021 - Rescindo Therapeutics announced today that the U.S. FDA has granted orphan drug designation and rare paediatric disease ...

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BrainCool receives FDA breakthrough device designation for Cooral System for prevention of oral mucositis

11 February 2021 - Recent Medicare reimbursement ruling provides an additional boost in paving the way for elimination of one of ...

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BrainQ gets FDA breakthrough status for its device for reducing disability following stroke

11 February 2021 - The breakthrough device designation, which comes after new trial data, is expected to expedite the device's path ...

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Seagen and Genmab submit tisotumab vedotin biologics license application to the U.S. FDA for patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer

11 February 2021 - Submission based on positive pivotal innovaTV 204 trial results presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology ...

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Cerus Endovascular receives FDA breakthrough device designation for its Contour Neurovascular System

11 February 2021 -  Cerus Endovascular today announced that it has received breakthrough device designation from the U.S. FDA for ...

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FDA approves first in class Evkeeza (evinacumab-dgnb) for patients with ultra rare inherited form of high cholesterol

11 February 2021 - In pivotal Phase 3 HoFH trial, adding Evkeeza to standard lipid-lowering therapies reduced ow-density lipoprotein cholesterol by nearly ...

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FDA’s generic drug program in 2020 helped ensure availability of high quality, affordable drugs amid COVID-19

11 February 2021 - Generic drugs play a vital role in facilitating access to lifesaving medicines for Americans and remain a ...

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