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Agency Alerts General Regulatory

May 5, 2017

FDA Approves New Drug for Advanced Bladder Cancer

On Monday, May 1st, the FDA approved Imfinzi™ (durvalumab). Imfinzi is manufactured by AstraZeneca, and it is a PD-L1 inhibitor indicated for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or...

Agency Alerts General Regulatory

May 2, 2017

FDA Approves First Drug for a Form of Batten Disease

On Thursday, April 27th, the FDA announced the approval of Brineura™ (cerliponase alfa). Brineura, manufactured by BioMarin International Ltd., is an infusion indicated for the treatment of...

Agency Alerts General Regulatory

April 27, 2017

FDA Approves 5th Biosimilar Product

On Friday, April 21st, Reneflexis® (SB2, infliximab – abda) was approved by the FDA. Reneflexis is manufactured by Samsung Bioeipis, and is a biosimilar product to Janssen’s Remicade® (infliximab)....

Agency Alerts General Regulatory

April 6, 2017

FDA Approves New Treatment for Moderate-to-Severe Eczema

On Tuesday, March 28th, the FDA announced the approval of Dupixent (dupilumab), an injection for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. What is Atopic Dermatitis? Atopic...

General Regulatory Drug Approval

February 7, 2017

#3: Nonclinical Safety Evaluation of Reformulated Drug Products and Products Intended for Administration by an Alternate Route

In October 2015, the FDA published a guidance document which outlines its recommendations regarding “the nonclinical evaluation of previously approved drug substances when a new formulation or a new...

Agency Alerts General Regulatory

September 6, 2016

FDA Approves Erelzi™, the Third US Biosimilar Product

On Wednesday, August 30th, the FDA announced the approval of Sandoz’s Erelzi™ (etanercept-szzs). Erelzi is biosimilar to Amgen’s Enbrel® (etanercept) and is indicated for the treatment of multiple...

Agency Alerts General Regulatory

August 2, 2016

FDA Prescription Drug User Fee Rates: Fiscal Year 2017

The Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012 (PDUFA V) allows FDA to collect user fees for the review of applications concerning human drug and biological products, the establishments where...

FDA Agency Alerts

July 25, 2016

FDA Revises Review Timeline Due to Increasing Number of Orphan Drug Applications

FDA Revises Review Timeline Due to Increasing Number of Orphan Drug Applications: In 1983 Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act, which created FDA’s Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) program. The goal of...

Agency Alerts General Regulatory

July 18, 2016

FDA Outlines Policies for Compounding Drug Products That Are Essentially Copies of Commercially Available Drugs Under Section 503A of the FD&C Act

On Thursday, July 7th, the FDA issued two draft guidance documents regarding the compounding of drugs that are essentially copies of commercially available or approved drugs. In these documents,...

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