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Analytica 2024 in overview

European Pharmaceutical Review

International participation and trending topics With over 900 exhibitors, analytica 2024 promises an impressive lineup. The four analytica forums offer practical best-practice lectures, with the Occupational Safety and Security Forum highlighting dangers in daily laboratory work through impressive live demonstrations.

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FDA $7bn plans for 2024: disclose contract manufacturers, restart Cancer Moonshot

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US FDA has revealed its detailed budget proposal for FY2024, which would require pharma companies to name their active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) suppliers, restart President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot, inject cash into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research, and enforce stricter rules around manufacturing, recalls, and shortages.

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FDA warning letters highlight data integrity issues

European Pharmaceutical Review

FDA inspections Identification of data integrity deviations Of the 70 Warning Letters issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) so far in 2024, three have identified data integrity issues at pharmaceutical manufacturing sites outside the US.

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FDA approves first Stelara biosimilar, Wezlana

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has approved Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub) as a biosimilar to Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara (ustekinumab). We do not expect entry of Stelara biosimilars in the United States during 2024,” Joseph Wolk CFO, Johnson & Johnson, stated during the company’s Q3 earnings call on 18 October.

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FDA grants priority review to omalizumab for food allergies

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to Roche’s supplemental Biologics License Application for Xolair ® (omalizumab) for treatment of children and adults with food allergies. The FDA is expected to decide on approval of Xolair for patients with food allergies in the first quarter of 2024.

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FDA approves first-in-class antidepressant

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Exxua (gepirone hydrochloride extended-release tablets) for adults with major depressive disorder ( MDD ). The major depressive disorder treatment is expected to be available for patients in early 2024.

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US FDA grants Orphan Drug status to Avacta’s drug for soft tissue sarcoma

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to Avacta Group’s lead pre|CISION drug candidate, AVA6000, to treat soft tissue sarcoma. It also boosts the drug’s safety, tolerability and efficacy. Updated using the pre|CISION technology, AVA6000 is a kind of generic chemotherapy doxorubicin.