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New FDA Fecal Transplant Guidance Should Ease Ferring’s Path To Commercialization

 
• By Sarah Karlin-Smith

Final guidance excludes stool banks, putting in place more limited enforcement discretion regarding the requirement of an investigational new drug application for use of fecal transplants to treat C. diff infections, likely paving way for shift to any FDA-approved product.

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FDA finalized a draft guidance on unapporved fecal transplants for C. diff infections ahead of likely first product approval. • Source: Shutterstock

Ferring Pharmaceuticals has one less barrier to uptake of its standardized fecal microbiota transplant treatment for recurrent Clostridioides difficile following US Food and Drug Administration finalization of a 2016 guidance that narrows the circumstances under which the agency will exercise enforcement discretion and permit the use of unapproved products.

Ferring’s Rebyota, received a favorable FDA advisory committee review in September, in large part due to the preference of agency advisers for more quality control and standardization of the fecal transplant space which, has been dominated by unapproved products

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US FDA’s Expanded Surprise Foreign Inspections: Impact And Enforcement Hoops

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

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.

Pharma Industry Argues Tax, Other Incentives Better Than Tariffs

 
• By Jessica Merrill

Pharmaceutical industry organizations offered alternatives to tariffs that could maintain a secure domestic supply chain in public comments filed in response to a federal 232 investigation.

US FDA Expands Surprise Foreign Inspections But Loses Associate Commissioner Michael Rogers

 
• By Sue Sutter

Commissioner Martin Makary’s repeated characterization of foreign facilities as being subject to lower standards than domestic counterparts may have contributed to Rogers’ decision to retire as head of the recently formed Office of Inspections and Investigations.

Pharma Predicts Modest Tariff Impact, Depending On What Comes Next

 
• By Jessica Merrill

Drugmakers are not expecting a big financial hit from tariffs for now, but a report commissioned by the industry trade association PhRMA suggests a potentially steep cost for pharma-sector tariffs.

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Recent and Upcoming FDA Advisory Committee Meetings

 
• By Sue Sutter

Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of the topics covered.

UK Health Data Research Service Looks ‘Encouraging’ For Industry, But Implementation Details Will Be Key

 
• By Anabel Costa-Ferreira

Marcus Vass and Vladimir Murovec of international law firm Osborne Clarke tell the Pink Sheet what the government's planned HDRS might mean for industry, and how it compares with the European Health Data Space.

EU Health Data Space May Speed Up R&D Through Access To Multi-Omics & Clinical Record Data

 
• By Eliza Slawther

The European Health Data Space framework will allow companies to accelerate R&D processes and identify new molecular targets faster by facilitating centralized access to certain types of high-quality data, Finland’s Orion Pharma says.