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Did Sarepta Need To Tell Investors About Its Vyondys 53 Dispute Resolution Request?

 
• By Brenda Sandburg

Attorneys say Sarepta did not have an obligation to report its appeal, particularly since winning a formal dispute filing with the US FDA is a long shot.

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Sarepta did not publicly disclose that it made a formal dispute resolution request over Vyondys 53 complete response letter

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. had not revealed that it submitted a formal dispute resolution request appealing the US Food and Drug Administration's complete response letter for Vyondys 53 (golodirsen) so the announcement that the agency had approved the Duchenne muscular disease drug was surprising news.

Companies must file a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission to announce certain types of material events. So...

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No Surprise Here: Foreign Drug Facilities Should Expect Surprise Inspections, US FDA Says

 
• By Sue Sutter

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• By Francesca Bruce

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Room For Improvement? EU Industry Prepares Feedback For SPC Manufacturing Waiver Review

 
• By Dave Wallace

As the European Commission prepares a formal evaluation of the SPC manufacturing waiver, the generics and biosimilars industry is getting ready to provide detailed feedback on what works – and what doesn’t. At Medicines for Europe’s legal affairs conference, delegates heard the latest updates.

UK’s Plan To Become World’s Third Top Life Sciences Economy Falls Short, Says ABPI

 
• By Neena Brizmohun

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry says that while the government’s newly published Life Sciences Sector Plan includes many positive commitments, they are not enough.

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EMA Backs Gilead’s Yeytuo And 13 Other Drugs For EU Approval But Rejects Three

 
• By Eliza Slawther and Neena Brizmohun

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Lilly Wins EU Thumbs Up For Kisunla After EMA Reverses Rejection

 
• By Neena Brizmohun

The European Medicines Agency says that Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's disease drug should be approved for use in the EU, now that it has re-examined the negative opinion it previously adopted.

EMA Says ‘No’ To Roche/Sarepta’s Elevidys, US FDA Investigates Fourth Death

 
• By Eliza Slawther and Sarah Karlin-Smith

The European Medicines Agency recommended against pan-EU marketing authorization of Roche/Sarpeta’s gene therapy Elevidys for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy as the US reported another death in an Elevidys patient.