Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Regulatory Recon: FDA Accepts Spark's Gene Therapy Application; Amgen Gets CRL for Osteoporosis Candidate Evenity (17 July 2017)

On the cover: USA

  •     FDA accepts the gene spark BLA therapy (endpoints) (press)
  •     Big pharma buys in crowdsourcing for drug discovery (by cable)
  •     Large pharmaceutical companies spent on share repurchase, but R & D? Not so much (New York Times)
  •     Pascal Soriot remains AstraZeneca (Financial Times) (final points)
  •     FDA rejects Amgen romo anti-osteoporosis drug as rival Radius surprises with new CEO (Fierce) (PharmaTimes) (Presse)
  •     The FDA is firmly committed to the partial coverage of Repros Therapeutics struggling with a large trial application (endpoints)
  •     CAR T cells "very exciting" as "living medicine" (Medscape)
  •     The new NIH report found a low morale, persistent concerns about patient safety (Washington Post)
  •     Gilead rich in species should consider taking Incyte, but it will not be cheap (fierce)
  •     In truth, Robot will raise 20 million sterile mosquitoes to free California (MIT Technology Review)
  •     McCain surgery delays vote on health care; The recovery may be more serious than previously thought, according to experts (New York Times)
  •     US health insurance companies want the proposal to be dropped Senate cross-law (Reuters)

In Focus: International

  • This secret clan wants to beat the world's biggest drug makers (Bloomberg)
  •     The participation of the increases of the meeting of the regulatory committee of EMA non member of the EU ($ type of leaf pink)
  •     Shire boss said stock price is at odds with the range of drugs (Financial Times)
  •     TGA Approves Roche Ocrevus for Progressive Primary Recurrent MS (Press)
  •     The government has earmarked more than £ 120 million for Global Health Research (UK DOH)
  •     Indian pharmaceutical companies should increase investment in R & D (Economic Times)
  •     Despite pressure on prices, India's pharmaceutical exports to the US Could increase during the year 18 (Business Standard)
  •     The implementation program of the clinical inspection program of clinical trials of Chinese regulations (Emergo)
  •     Does WHO's revised standards mask safety signals in vaccines? ($ -pink sheet)
  •     Quebec expects $ 1.2 billion savings with new drug market (Bloomberg)
  •     Brexit talking about the second round: what are the key issues? (Bloomberg)
  •     The pharmacist must know the unitary European patent in the light of Brexit (Pharmafile)
  •     Street vendors Port-au-Prince pills (NPR)

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

  • FDA Classification on Opioid Prescription Education (MedPage)
  •     I had the wrong medication. And a $ 2 help band. (New York Times)
  •     With cancer screening, better safe than sorry? (New York Times)
  •     This is not the first American opiate additive crisis (Bloomberg)
  •     Can the FDA climate to be too good? ($ -pink sheet)
  •     The FDA determined that deuter compounds are different NCE orphan drugs compared to non-deuterated versions (FDA Blog Law)
  •     Back to the roots of Ipsen (BioCentury)
  •     For Alsonex target the complement system C5a for the treatment of ALS (BioCentury)
  •     CAR-T therapy: non-compliance with publication specifications can not prohibit patient use (pink leaves $)
  •     As part of the taxpayer-funded research, Sanofi's boss says he has never rejected a fair price request for Zika (fierce)
  •     Novartis says Cosentyx is safe and effective for five years (PharmaTimes)
  •     Five questions to ... Austin Biotech businessman Laura Bosworth (Xconomy)
  •     TherapeuticsMD presents the CRL data with FDA (Seeking Alpha) (Presse)
  •     More fake Avastin found, this time in Cyprus (Fixing Industry)

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology: Study Results, Filings and Designations
  • CymaBay stocks get a rebound on positive data PBC PHII (end points)
  •     The Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Test / EHNA Phase II Can-Fite with Namodenoson to Begin Recruiting Patients Following the Conclusion of a Successful Clinical Researcher Meeting (Press)
  •     Onda Life Sciences is launching Phase 1b / 2a clinical trials: PRECISION-HD1 and HD2-precision in patients with Huntington's disease (Press)
  •     Alzheon presents new data for the leading candidate ALZ-801 in the new Ministry of Agriculture and long-term clinical efficacy at the International Conference of the Alzheimer's Association (Press)
  •     Merck announces presentations of clinical data and the real world at the International Conference of the Alzheimer's Association (Press)
  •     Symbiomix Therapeutics announces the publication of key data for the Solosec research for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis (Press)
  •     Perrigo announces final approval of the FDA for its generic version evaluated by the first envelope of AndroGel®, 1.62% packages (press)
  •     Impax Announces FDA Approval of Its Generic Tablet (Methylphenidate Tablet) Reviewed by AB Generic CII Rating (Press)

Medical Devices

  • Sailing HIV Melanoma Assays to Ensure Regulator Supply (GenomeWeb)
  •        Mobius Bionics sells the first use of the prosthesis bionic arm LUKE DEKA (MassDevice)
  •        Study: cybersecurity attacks create a risk of manipulation of medical data, devices (MassDevice)
  •        Five-year data show that InterStim Therapy (TM) offers efficacy and quality of life improvements for long-term sustainable bladder hypertensive patients (Press)

US: Assorted & Government

  • Biosimilars In Medicare payments: CMS Signals will change ($ type of pink sheet)
  •        The hymn meets Insys a "creative" scheme to gain the return of its analgesic properties (STAT)
  •        Governors of both parties denounced the Senate bill repeal proposed Obamacare (New York Times)
  •        The latest Senate health plan cuts costs for chronic diseases (KHN)
  •        The marginalized health care lobby hinders the Republican health effort (Reuters)
  •        Sometimes it is forgotten in the express warranty (Law of medicines and devices)
  •        Calif. Nerve strikes When choosing cardiac surgeons with the highest patient death rates (KHN)

Upcoming Meetings & Events

  •     FDA Advisory Committee Calendar

Europe

  • Gerresheimer allows the safety solution of the West syringe (Reuters)
  •        The best 'Brexit-tested' tips to tackle the most difficult of EU production (Forbes)
  •        Pierre Fabre guarantees the Italian distribution rights for Aprotecol de Noventure (Pharmafile)
  • India
  • Site of the first test laboratory devices in India in Gujarat approved by the Ministry of Health (Pharmabiz)
  •        Alembic Pharma Opens Rs 300 Million Rupees Unit in Cancer of Gujarat (Economic Times)
  •        Alkem Laboratories Plant Eliminates FDA Inspection (Economic Times)
  •        The pharmaceutical industry South has great potential in the production of medicines against chronic disease: S V Veeramani (Pharmabiz)
  •        Pharmaceutical sector is a major beneficiary of GST because cold chain materials become problems Dr Piyush Gupta (Pharmabiz)

General Health & Other Interesting Articles

  •     3-D-Printed Artificial Heart Beats as the real thing, but still not widely used (MIT Technology Review)

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