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Telesta's Bladder Cancer Therapy To Face Questions On Evidence Adequacy

 
• By Sue Sutter

Canadian firm will try to persuade two FDA advisory committees that 129-patient, single-arm, Phase III study supports approval of MCNA for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.

Two FDA advisory committees will meet Nov. 18 to consider whether efficacy and safety data from a small, one-arm, Phase III trial are adequate to support approval of Telesta Therapeutics Inc.'s novel and complex biologic treatment for bladder cancer.

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FDA Special Assistant Høeg’s Vaccine Concerns On Display At ACIP

 
• By Sue Sutter

Tracy Beth Høeg, who is reportedly re-examining Novavax’s COVID vaccine application, is the FDA rep at the CDC panel’s first meeting under the Trump Administration. She raised concerns about routine use of Jynneos for adolescents at risk of mpox and questioned how Moderna assessed efficacy of its COVID vaccines.

US FDA’s Advanced Manufacturing Designation Lifts Off With Cellares Cell Shuttle

 
• By Bridget Silverman

Cellares’ fully automated cell therapy manufacturing platform is the first system to receive an Advanced Manufacturing Technology designation from US FDA

FDA Reorganization Proposal A ‘Mindless Approach To Centralization,’ Woodcock Says

 
• By Sue Sutter

Plan to reorganize the agency into five offices was designed by someone who does not understand the FDA, former long-time agency official Janet Woodcock says. The proposal would eliminate highly specialized expertise in favor of “a big team of generalists,” former Principal Deputy Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein says.

US FDA Staff’s Union President Calls For More Support From Industry

 
• By Sarah Karlin-Smith

Industry should be more vocal about the harms the recent reduction-in-force will have on getting drugs to market, NTEU Chapter 282 President Anthony Lee said in an interview with Pink Sheet.

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New US FDA Roadmap Moves Closer To Animal Testing Alternatives

 
• By Bridget Silverman

New plan to encourage alternatives to animal testing seeks interagency cooperation to meet more aggressive targets for transformational change than the US FDA’s long-standing program.

HHS’ Kennedy Warns US FDA Staff Against ‘Agency Capture’ By Industry, Special Interests

 
• By Sue Sutter

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged FDA staff to resist the “deep state” and “crony capitalism,” and focus on improving the health of America’s children. “You're not here to take orders,” he said and urged FDA staff to speak up if they see wrongdoing.

GLP-1 Drug Coverage Growing For Obesity In Medicaid, But Only For Diabetes In Medicare

 
• By Cathy Kelly

Coverage data from the two programs suggest Medicare beneficiaries may be more disappointed than Medicaid enrollees by the Trump Administration’s decision not to mandate the programs cover obesity drugs.