Legislation was also revised to enable manufacturers to justify withdrawing, discontinuing or switching product for follow-on; bills restricting citizen petitions, tribal sovereign immunity also clear committee.
The sponsors of legislation to curtail so-called product hopping and patent thicketing by product innovators cut the section on patent thickets in a manager's amendment that cleared the US Senate Judiciary Committee on 27 June.
The bill, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act, S. 1416, would amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit anticompetitive behaviors...
The UK drug regulator acknowledges that technology will “move on” and, as such, has designed its decentralized manufacturing regulation to be as “enduring” as possible. Experts from the MHRA explain what products are covered by the new framework and how it has been future-proofed.
FDA employees are concerned that while the budget authority total proposed for fiscal year 2026 meets the user fee appropriations' triggers, the FDA could have trouble meeting allocation triggers without cuts to non-review work.
An unintended consequence of a provision framed as an administrative change in the bill could significantly reduce medication adherence among low-income older adults and increase mortality, a study found.
EU authorities must “take advantage” of the upcoming Biotech Act to reassess the bloc’s policies and “offset existing challenges” for small and midsized enterprises, trade association EUCOPE has said.
While treatments for scleroderma are in development, none are approved for the condition that is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The European Medicines Agency says guidance on how to design development programs for the disorder is needed.
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ Rezdiffra is on track to become the first medicine approved in the EU for non-cirrhotic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis after the European Medicines Agency recommended that it be granted conditional marketing authorization.
Highlights from Day Four of the BIO International Convention include policy concerns helping constrain dealmaking, Novartis discussing its approach to partnering, and Generate looking for funding to move into Phase III.
