Only the first publicly disclosed sale of a priority review voucher was lower than what Jazz Pharmaceuticals paid Spark Therapeutics for its coupon.
A growing supply appears to be forcing priority review voucher values down further, as the latest sale was the lowest since the first price was disclosed four years ago.
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Industry is concerned that Prasad may make regulatory flexibility tougher to obtain for cell and gene therapy, while vaccine and public health advocates are angry about Prasad’s criticisms of US COVID-19 policies.
Sponsors reported faster development times for products that joined the pilot program intended to speed rare disease treatments in CBER.
Cooperation between health technology assessment bodies across the EU will lead to a better joint clinical assessment process over time, but patients cannot afford a lengthy wait for improvements, speakers at a cell & gene therapy conference said.
The biotech CEO said the Trump Administration’s treatment of FDA employees, including the HHS secretary’s comments about industry capture, are insulting to agency staff, but he is encouraged by FDA Commissioner Martin Makary’s talk of a new conditional approval pathway.
The European Health Data Space Regulation is deliberately “vague” when it comes to defining trade secrets because the EU wants the pharma industry to make recommendations on safeguarding intellectual property, a policy officer for the European Commission says.
The European Medicines Agency is investigating whether Valneva’s Ixchiq is safe to use in the elderly, following reports of 17 serious adverse events, including two cases resulting in death, in people aged 62 to 89 years who received the vaccine. This follows actions by US and French authorities last month regarding Ixchiq’s use in people over 65.
As the US FDA expands unannounced foreign inspections building on pilots in India and China, experts expect higher scrutiny of overseas sites and perhaps even an industry shakeout in the longer term, though staffing and enforcement challenges could slow things down.
