Regulatory Filings and Submissions

The company is working to ensure broad global access to its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, following approval from regulators.

Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline have been selected to supply the US government and the European Union with millions of doses of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

The therapy, indicated for a rare form of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, was developed by Kite, a Gilead company, which will manufacture the therapy at its facility in El Segundo, CA.

Many antibody-drug conjugate therapies are in the pipeline; only a handful have been approved. What are the bottlenecks?

Celltrion Healthcare has announced that the EC has granted marketing authorization for its subcutaneous formulation of Remsima (infliximab, CT-P13).

Patient advocates, research experts, and industry are calling for more user fee revenues to support CBER programs to advance innovative therapies.

Should therapies and vaccines be cheap or free in a pandemic and would that really dry up innovation?

FDA officials are moving to clarify standards and requirements for vetting and approving viable preventives.

While there currently is no molecular therapy targeted against the PAUFgene, Prestige believes its monoclonal antibody has the potential to benefit patients affected by PAUF-positive pancreatic cancer.

Phesgo is a fixed-dose-combination subcutaneous injection of Perjeta (pertuzumab) and Herceptin (trastuzumab) for treating HER2-positive breast cancer.

The complete response letter was issued for a biologics license application for Abicipar pegol, an investigational treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration, based on FDA’s determination of an unfavorable benefit–risk ratio.

The agency will be waiving fees for scientific advice for academia developing orphan drugs.

According to a report from commercial law firm, Hill Dickinson, there is general support by the public of the United Kingdom that vaccine regulations should be relaxed in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Will efforts to limit all returns on investment drive biopharma companies away from developing much-needed interventions for COVID-19.

The European Commission has granted marketing authorization to the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson for Darzalex (daratumumab) subcutaneous formulation to treat adults with multiple myeloma.

Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies has received a positive opinion in Europe for its two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen.

Incyte and MorphoSys have revealed that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated the marketing authorization application (MAA) for tafasitamab, an anti-CD19 antibody.

A rolling review of data on the use of remdesivir, an investigational antiviral medicine, for the treatment of COVID-19 has been started by EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use.

The approval was based on pharmacokinetic data, the relationship of exposure to efficacy, and the relationship of exposure to safety.

The approval was based off of positive results from a Phase III study that showed patients 70 years or younger treated with the BTK inhibitor lived longer without disease progression.

EMA's CHMP has recommended the use of remdesivir, an investigational antiviral medicine, in compassionate use programs across the European Union.

Demonstrating interchangeability can ensure biosimilar substitutability at the pharmacy level.

The patent includes the use of fibroblast cells and adjuvants such as peptides and hydroxychloroquine, which fuels the assembly of natural interferon to overpower the virus.

With some FDA inspections on hold, will the US drug supply maintain its quality standards?

The decision comes after results were received from a Phase 1, open-label study that evaluated the safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of the monotherapy