First-Ever Valve Approved by FDA for Congenital Heart Disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved of the first-ever valve for treating pulmonary valve regurgitation in patients with certain kinds of congenital heart disease. The device, called Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) has been granted...
Takeda’s Dengue Vaccine Begins Regulatory Submissions
Takeda's dengue vaccine candidate's filing packages has been accepted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is being investigated for its prevention of dengue in individuals between the ages of 4 and 60. Takeda also submitted the vaccine for regulatory...
LetsGetChecked’s COVID-19 At-Home Test Approved by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) LetsGetChecked's COVID-19 at-home test to sell directly to consumers at retail stores as well as online. Peter Foley, CEO and Founder of LetsGetChecked stated, “While the...
Merck Granted Label Expansion by FDA for Keytruda
Keytruda, Merck's checkpoint inhibitor, has been granted label expansion by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for first-line treatment for patients diagnosed with, regardless of PD-L1 expression, locally advanced or metastatic gastroesophageal or esophageal...
FDA Grants EUA to Beckman Coulter’s COVID-19 Antibody Test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to a COVID-19 antibody test created by Beckman Coulter. The antibody test measures the level of antibodies in a patient in response to COVID-19 to provide both a qualitative as well...
Study Shows AstraZeneca Vaccine Ineffective Against South African Variant
The New England Journal of Medicine published results from a study to test AstraZeneca's vaccine's efficacy for the South African variant of COVID-19. The clinical study was conducted in South Africa with 1,467 participants, of which 2.5% developed mild-to-moderate...
FDA Provides Smooth Pathway for COVID-19 Screening Tests
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing further guidance and a smoother path for COVID-19 screening tests, specifically for asymptomatic patients. Part of this process includes the release of a fact sheet for those interested in organizing screening...
EMA Offers Guidance on Labeling for COVID-19 Therapeutics
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) offered guidance on labeling requirements for COVID-19 therapeutics as a follow up on their guidance from last year that offered labeling requirement flexibilities on COVID-19 vaccinations. According to the EMA, the product's...
E-Labeling for the Life Sciences Industry
There has been a drastic increase in regulations surrounding labeling for medical devices over the past decade. As our world shifts towards a more digital landscape, e-labeling, which is an electronic version of an Instruction for Use (IFU), has become more popular...
FDA Grants Approval for Medtronic’s Labeling of Intellis™ Platform
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for revised commercial labeling of Medtronic's Intellis™ Platform with Differential Target Multiplexed (DTM™). The platform is meant to treat chronic and intractable leg and back pain. Charlie Covert, VP and...
Melinta Therapeutics’ Antibiotic Approved by FDA for Serious Skin Infections
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved of Melinta Therapeutics' antibiotic Kimyrsa (oritavancin) for adults diagnosed with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI). Caused by susceptible isolates of designated Gram-positive...
PTC Announces Results of Real-World Study
PTC Therapeutics announced today the results of its real-world study for patients diagnosed with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who switched between prednisone to EMFLAZA® (deflazacort) after the U.S. Food and Drug...
FDA Clears Baxter’s AK 98 Hemodialysis Machine
Baxter International announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for its Artifical Kidney 98 (AK 98) dialysis machine. The next-gen, easy-to-use, portable machine is designed to administer hemodialysis (HD) treatments. Gavin...
FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Alkermes for Treatment of Mucosal Melanoma
Alkermes today (3/11) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation for its nemvaleukin alfa, an investigational engineered interleukin-2 (IL-2) variant immunotherapy for treatment of mucosal melanoma, a rare type of...
FDA Grants IND Clearance for Melior Pharmaceuticals’ COVID-19 Therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared Melior Pharmaceuticals' Investigational New Drug (IND) application for it's COVID-19 therapeutic candidate, tolimidone. Taken as an oral pill once a day, Tolimidone is a novel lyn kase activator designed to treat...
FDA Clears Valkyrie Thoracic Fixation System
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared Able Medical Devices' thoracic fixation system called Valkyrie, a breakthrough and fully disposable bioactive sternal plating system. The medical device is intended to stabilize and fixate chest wall fractures as...
First CAR-T by Gilead and Kite Approved by FDA
Gilead Sciences and Kite Pharma's Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel), the first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for adult patients diagnosed with follicular lymphoma (FL). Follicular lymphoma is...
FDA Provides Guidance on Switches to Container Closure
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided guidance that addresses changes to the supply chain due to COVID-19, including its regulatory process for manufacturing and controls (CMS) and chemistry. Materials like glass vials, stoppers, test swabs, and...
COA Translations: Empowering the Voice of Patients of Diverse Backgrounds
Over the last several years, patient-centricity has been a key theme in the healthcare sphere for improving drug therapies and medical devices for patients all around the world. To better serve patients, life science companies are putting in more effort on listening...
FDA Grants Fourth Breakthrough Device Designation for MedAlliance’s Sirolimus Drug-Eluting Balloon
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted MedAlliance its fourth Breakthrough Device Designation for SELUTION SLR™, a sustained limus release drug-eluting balloon (DEB) catheter, to treat atherosclerotic lesions found in native coronary arteries. MedAlliance...