Keyword: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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Transatlantic Deal Simplifies Pharma Inspections

07.03.2017 - Regulators in the EU and the US have signed a transatlantic agreement to recognize inspections of manufacturing sites for human medicines carried out in their respective countries...

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Novartis’ Zykadia Wins FDA Priority Review

27.02.2017 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Swiss pharmaceutical major Novartis’ supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for filing and granted priority review for the...

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Mylan Faces FTC Investigation on EpiPen

07.02.2017 - US drugmaker Mylan is facing a probe from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as to whether it has violated antitrust laws in protecting its EpiPen from lower-priced competitors...

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Trump Discusses Issues With Drugmakers

01.02.2017 - In a meeting at the White House on Jan. 31, new US president, Donald Trump, held out both a carrot and a stick to pharmaceutical producers. The industry will “have to “get prices...

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Texas Sues FDA Over Execution Drug Shipment

05.01.2017 - The US state of Texas has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration in the federal district court of Galveston, seeking to force the regulatory agency to agree to...

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US House set to Pass Medical Funding Bill

29.11.2016 - The US House of Representatives has scheduled a Nov. 30 vote on a bill aimed at accelerating federal approval of drugs and medical devices as well as boosting biomedical research...

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US Drugmakers Look to Trump for Help

14.11.2016 - Based on positions he took during the election campaign, the US pharmaceutical and biotech sectors stand to benefit from a Donald Trump presidency, some analysts have suggested. In...

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Parliament Tighten EU Ban on “Torture Goods”

11.10.2016 - The European Parliament’s (EP) recently revised rules to prevent trade in goods and services that may contribute to torture or execution could potentially have further knock-on...