The European Medicines Agency has recommended several new products for pan-EU approval, including CSL Behring’s drug for hereditary angioedema and BridgeBio’s treatment for transthyretin amyloidosis in cardiomyopathy patients.
The European Medicines Agency has recommended granting pan-EU marketing authorization to 17 new drugs, including five that were granted orphan status during their development.
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Mechanisms in the draft treaty that the more than 190 member states of the World Health Organization have finally agreed to are expected to “materially affect companies,” particularly those that develop, manufacture or distribute pandemic-related health care products.
Lowell Zeta, a senior counselor at the FDA from 2020 to 2021, returns as deputy commissioner for strategic initiatives. The agency also names a new acting CIO and acting CVM director, but OGD's Ted Sherwood and OPDP's Catherine Gray retired.
Ascertaining the novelty and benefits of Makary’s new drug approval idea – along with what it would take to implement it – requires more clarity on the types of studies he envisions being used to grant and confirm “plausible mechanism’ approvals.
