Pink Sheet
The Trump Administration’s rhetoric and policy approaches illustrate the confusion that often arises between efforts to cut drug prices and cutting spending.
Companies with significant exposure to Medicare and Medicaid have fewer options for passing along higher costs to consumers because of price controls in the programs.
The news coincides with rumors that Commissioner Martin Makary soon will name a new Center for Drug Evaluation and Research director.
There are now three draft versions of the legislative text that will overhaul the framework governing pharmaceuticals in the EU. Lawyers explain how the approaches proposed by the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of the EU differ and highlight implications for industry.
England’s Court of Appeal has upheld a Competition Appeal Tribunal’s 2023 finding that Advanz and its former owner Cinven abused their dominant position in the UK market for liothyronine tablets by charging prices that were many orders of magnitude higher than the benchmark for fair pricing.
Linerixibat, GSK's treatment for cholestatic pruritus in patients with primary biliary cholangitis, is among the latest products that have been filed for review by the European Medicines Agency for potential EU marketing approval.
US FDA critics have long decried the practice of using informal communications to convey regulatory expectations as podium policy. In the Makary era, the phrase may need to be updated because the agency now seems to be specializing in policy by podcast.
Tala Fakhouri said the agency’s use of the AI tool in the review process has generated lots of questions.
Kumar takes over as acting director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research’s Office of Therapeutic Products days after director Nicole Verdun was ousted.
Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of the topics covered.
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.
The former CDER director said she tells sponsors not to conduct an FDA-recommended study design or randomized trial if it will not work.
Artificial intelligence tools used for clinical research should be developed with input from patients and focus on their needs and abilities, FDA experts said.
The UK government is making it easier for millions of people to participate in clinical trials and is boosting transparency around how studies are delivered across the National Health Service.
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.
The European Medicines Agency expects the International Council for Harmonization’s new guideline will help address the critical lack of data on the use of medicinal products in pregnant and breastfeeding populations.
A differentiated profit-sharing model to accelerate the use of AI in drug development using clinical and patient data is being proposed in South Korea, but the idea faces multiple practical challenges
Office of Therapeutic Products Director Nicole Verdun and her deputy Rachael Anatol were escorted out of FDA headquarters on June 18. Disagreements over CAR-T regulation and Capricor’s DMD treatment may be to blame.