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How real-world evidence is changing the game
A metaphor for our times: how the demand for real-world evidence is changing the offensive playbook for commercial success.
By David Thompson, Ph.D Senior Vice President, Real World Evidence & Insights at inVentiv Health • April 4, 2017 -
July AdCom will give Dynavax a new shot to prove vaccine safety
The biotech will have to prove to an advisory committee that there are no safety issues with its hepatitis B vaccine after an FDA rejection.
By Suzanne Elvidge • April 4, 2017 -
More problems for Mylan: EpiPen recall expands to US
The generics drugmaker is under further pressure after a small recall of its EpiPen autoinjector expands to the U.S. market.
By Suzanne Elvidge • April 3, 2017 -
New guidelines to make China a more drug-friendly market
CFDA announced draft guidelines that would allow Phase I trials in China to encourage simultaneous development alongside global trials.
By Tamra Sami • April 3, 2017 -
Prescribed Reading: All the approvals
FDA goes on an approval spree, drug manufacturers toe the line on pricing, and Vertex has both good and bad news.
By Lisa LaMotta • March 31, 2017 -
Karyopharm shakes off clinical hold for lead cancer med
The quick reversal of the FDA's partial clinical holds reaffirmed that administrative problems were the main culprit holding up the trials.
By Jacob Bell • March 30, 2017 -
GSK breathes sigh of relief as Mylan Advair copy rejected
The respite will likely be short-lived. The FDA is set to decide soon on approval of another generic copy to the respiratory drug, and Mylan is sure to resubmit its application.
By Ned Pagliarulo • March 29, 2017 -
Senators launch investigation into opioid manufacturers
The Homeland Security Committee is looking into sales practices for the top-selling opioids in the U.S. in hopes of gleaning more information about the addiction crisis.
By Suzanne Elvidge • March 29, 2017 -
UK regulator reviewing Pfizer's Viagra for over-the-counter use
Pfizer faces declining sales for the little blue pill as generic competition bites into its market. Selling through pharmacies could help boost demand.
By Suzanne Elvidge • March 29, 2017 -
Roche secures FDA approval for Ocrevus for 2 types of MS
The much-anticipated biologic is the first medicine approved to treat the primary progressive form of the debilitating disease.
By Lisa LaMotta • March 28, 2017 -
Sanofi, Regeneron's eczema drug Dupixent gains FDA approval
The highly-anticipated Dupixent is expected to rake in around $3 billion in peak annual sales, according to some industry followers.
By Jacob Bell • March 28, 2017 -
Cempra pulls European marketing application for antibiotic
The clinical-stage drugmaker intends to gather more data on solithromycin to give the anti-infective treatment a better shot at EMA and FDA approval.
By Jacob Bell • March 28, 2017 -
In twisting patent fight, CRISPR Therapeutics scores win in Europe
The European Patent Office intends to grant a patent covering use of CRISPR/cas9 to the University of California, which licenses the gene-editing tech to the company.
By Ned Pagliarulo • March 28, 2017 -
Tesaro's PARP inhibitor approved in ovarian cancer
The FDA gave the go-ahead to Tesaro's niraparib, setting it up to compete with AstraZeneca's Lynparza and Clovis' Rubraca in the emergent market.
By Lisa LaMotta • March 27, 2017 -
Prescribed Reading: Avelumab OK'd, Ultragenyx fails trial
As Washington debates healthcare, pharma continues to make deals and Pfizer joins the checkpoint inhibitor race.
By Lisa LaMotta • March 24, 2017 -
Insys cannabinoid drug Syndros given Schedule II status
The DEA's decision is a far cry from the Schedule IV status the company originally sought, but the drug is still anticipated to rake in hundreds of millions.
By Jacob Bell • March 24, 2017 -
$5B in Humira sales at stake with Amgen EU approval
The big biotech celebrates Humira biosimilar news that could rattle AbbVie's biggest revenue driver.
By Suzanne Elvidge • March 24, 2017 -
Pfizer, Merck KGaA fourth to market with PD-1/L1 inhibitor
The pair secured an FDA approval for avelumab, which will enter the market behind rival drugs Keytruda, Opdivo and Tecentriq.
By Lisa LaMotta • March 23, 2017 -
Control over production data still tripping up foreign drug manufacturers with FDA
Warning letters sent to two drugmakers in India and China show a lack of data controls and failure to investigate test results are still common problems with foreign suppliers.
By Ned Pagliarulo • March 23, 2017 -
FDA bans Divi's Labs plant, dealing another blow to India's quality credibility
Efforts by the Indian drugmaker to right manufacturing violations clearly haven't been enough to keep it off the agency's bad side.
By Jacob Bell • March 23, 2017 -
Who stands to benefit from Mylan's EpiPen recall?
A voluntary recall of Mylan's EpiPen could mean trouble for the drugmaker and a boon for its competitors.
By Suzanne Elvidge • March 23, 2017 -
Trial restart approval brings back DMD hope for Akashi
The biotech rejoins the ranks of companies following the rocky road of drug development for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
By Suzanne Elvidge • March 23, 2017 -
PTC comes under fire from Congress for Emflaza
After buying the embattled drug, PTC is now getting inquiries about how it intends to price the DMD treatment.
By Lisa LaMotta • March 22, 2017 -
Esperion says FDA okay with approval path for key drug
Amgen's FOURIER results had sunk Esperion's stock Friday. But clarity on the regulatory path for the biotech's cholesterol drug has investors feeling chipper.
By Suzanne Elvidge • March 21, 2017 -
Prescribed Reading: CRISPR, Trump and FOURIER. Oh my!
CRISPR technology is moving into new therapeutic areas; we finally know the skinny on Repatha's CV effects; and potential budget cuts could hammer the industry.
By Lisa LaMotta • March 17, 2017