Pink Sheet infographic shows how a large majority of novel drugs make it past the US FDA before receiving approval in the European Union. Lag times ranged from almost five years to less than two weeks.

Sun’s deuruxolitinib and Novo Nordisk’s insulin icodec stand out as new molecular entities among the small cluster of US FDA user fee goal dates in July.

Antibody-drug conjugates, GLP-1 receptor agonists and cell/gene therapies propelled a big increase in clinical trial registrations in China last year, but why do sponsors sometimes remain reluctant to actually start studies?

With likely more fee-paying applications arriving at the agency, sponsors may be wondering whether user fees should have been increased as much as they were at the start of FY 2024.

Comprehensive table comparing all the novel agents approved by either the US FDA or the European Commission over 2023 through April 2024.

Pink Sheet infographic shows how a large majority of novel drugs make it past the US FDA before receiving approval in the European Union. Lag times ranged from almost five years to less than two weeks.

Ninety-five percent of novel cancer treatments approved in both the US and Europe received the FDA’s OK first, but Europe usually followed within a year, a Pink Sheet analysis shows.

Only three of the 10 new therapies approved by the US FDA also have been approved in the European Union, while both of the EU gene therapy approvals followed FDA clearance, a Pink Sheet analysis shows.

The Pink Sheet's list of EU centralized approvals of new active substances has been updated to add six new products, including Ixchiq, Valneva's chikungunya virus vaccine

Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of the topics covered. 

US federal agencies are entering a new era of uncertainty and increased litigation over their regulatory interpretations, but the FDA may benefit from the unique circumstances that have evolved through user fee legislation.

Clene leadership spoke with the Pink Sheet about its push for accelerated approval for its ALS nanoparticle treatment. A new nudge from Congress asking the US FDA to consider survival data in accelerated approval could help.

Akebia says its price for Vafseo at about $15,500 per year, meant to reflect its potential value in dialysis as well as eventually in non-dialysis patients.

The European pharmaceutical industry federation wants regulators who handle requests for access to documents to safeguard the identities of all experts and designated personnel, not just those engaged in animal studies. 

In a joint proposal with its partners, the Medicines Patent Pool explores challenges in monoclonal antibody equity in low- and middle-income countries and provides actionable solutions to increase development and manufacturing.

Comprehensive table comparing all the novel agents approved by either the US FDA or the European Commission over 2023 through April 2024.

The latest FDA guidance will have profound impact to Chinese biotech sector at a time when going global and a US approval is vital to its very survival.

Experts expect litigation challenging Medicare’s definitions of single-source drug and bona fide marketing to get a boost from recent Supreme Court rulings, but overall, the IRA is likely better positioned in a post-Chevron world than older Medicare statutes.

A new act in Germany does not go far enough to address the deeply unpopular “guardrail” link between Amnog benefit assessment ratings and price negotiations, which can deter companies from launching.

While the new Labour government includes several “life sciences champions” and has pledged to turn the UK into a life sciences powerhouse, the UK BioIndustry Association head says major changes are unlikely for the pharma and biotech industry.