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Are timely access and robust safety mutually exclusive?

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The FDA approves new cancer treatments in half the time of the EMA – but does faster mean better? And how can regulators balance timely access with robust safety? They found that the FDA approved 85 (95%) of the drugs before the EMA, with the latter clocking up a median delay of 241 (150-370) days.

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FDA extends review of GSK’s myelofibrosis drug

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UK-based pharmaceutical giant GSK has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the review period of its new drug application (NDA) for the rare bone cancer drug momelotinib by three months. Novartis and Incyte Corp’s Jakafi was the first FDA-approved drug for the treatment of myelofibrosis in November 2011.

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Hip Innovation Technology Announces Initiation of FDA Approved Investigational Device Exemption Study

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implantation of the HIT Reverse Hip Replacement System (Reverse HRS), under an FDA approved Investigational Device Exemption (IDE). The IDE Study is being conducted to determine the safety and effectiveness of the HIT Reverse HRS in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA). About Hip Innovation Technology, LLC. Are you hiring?

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Pharmaceutical industry: 2023 in retrospect

European Pharmaceutical Review

4 The use of CPCA assessments allows for the assignment of scientifically justifiable higher acceptable intakes (AIs), without impacting patient safety. During August 2023 the FDA also updated its guidance for NDSRIs 7 and it was closely aligned (but not identical) to EMA’s evolving guidance. ng/day, compared to EMA which is 18 ng/day.

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Thursday pharma headlines

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regulators knew about reports of suicidal behavior in men taking the anti-baldness treatment Propecia when they decided not to warn consumers of those potential risks in a 2011 update of the popular drug’s label. The national vaccine safety surveillance program run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S.

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Early cell therapy successes start to turn the tide in lupus

Pharmaceutical Technology

In August 2021, Saphnelo, a type 1 interferon receptor antibody, became the first lupus treatment to be approved since GSK’s Benlyta (belimumab) won a regulatory nod in 2011. The] main the main issue is that there aren't that many sites in the US where MSCs can be produced in sufficient quantities in FDA-certified labs,” says Gilkeson.

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UroMems Announces First-Ever Smart Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implant in a Female Patient

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This first-in-female procedure was approved by the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (or ANSM, the French equivalent to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for UroActive. UroActive has not received marketing authorization from the FDA and is not available for sale in the United States or in the EU.