Bridget joined the Pink Sheet during the very first US Prescription Drug User Fee Act cycle and has maintained a focus on the US FDA’s drug review and approval process. Her role as managing editor of US regulatory analysis builds on her long experience at the Pink Sheet and its earlier affiliated publications Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly and the NDA Pipeline. She oversees the Pink Sheet’s US FDA Performance Tracker suite of regulatory data, which also inform her coverage of drug development and clinical trial design. Bridget he is always interested in seeing how regulatory policy works out in practice and contributes to the Pink Sheet’s Drug Review Profile series. Outside of work, Bridget keeps track of her family, three dogs, and ever-expanding library of mystery novels.
Latest from Bridget Silverman
US CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted for harmonized meningococcal vaccine recommendations, while hearing updates about Sanofi’s pending supplemental MedQuadfi indication, AstraZeneca’s FluMist self-administration launch plans, and Lyme disease
Bavarian Nordic's Vimkunya added the US CDC immunization committee's recommendation to its FDA approval, while Valneva's Ixchiq faces a precaution for use in people aged 65 and older.
All RSV vaccines with US FDA approval for high-risk younger adult patients will be incorporated in US CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices recommendations. Merck’s infant RSV antibody is on track for a June vote
Cellares’ fully automated cell therapy manufacturing platform is the first system to receive an Advanced Manufacturing Technology designation from US FDA
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.
Organizational turmoil has not yet affected reviews of novel agent applications, with Q1 2025 approvals coming in low, but the first quarter share of the entire year is variable.