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PRITELIVIR MESYLATE

New Drug Approvals

7] If the virus also acquires resistance to foscarnet, then there is currently no FDA approved treatment. The use of foscarnet is commonly accompanied by restrictive toxicity, particularly nephrotoxicity. [7] 16] The helicase primase complex is encoded separately from the viral DNA polymerase (encoded by the UL30 gene).

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Scrub-a-Dub-Dub: FTC is Cleansing the Orange Book of Device Patents

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FTC, deep in its foray into the Orange Book, filed an Amicus Brief in the case arguing that the patents do not claim any FDA-approved drug. More specifically, the Court concluded that “the Inhaler Patents do not claim the drug for which the applicant submitted the application ” (emphasis added).

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Positive EU CHMP Opinion for Updated Label of KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab)

The Pharma Data

1%] as determined by an FDA-approved test, with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations, and is stage III where patients are not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation, or metastatic. 1%) as determined by an FDA-approved test, with disease progression on or after platinum-containing chemotherapy.

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FDA Knows Its Own Strength—and It Includes Concentration

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

This of course, make sense—after decades of experience implementing the Hatch-Waxman, Congress and FDA had learned a few new tricks by 2009/2010. Amongst other things, FDA co-opted many of the same definitions for key terms for implementation of the BPCIA. FDA borrowed this definition from 21 C.F.R.

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Sanofi to acquire Kadmon to further strengthen growth of transplant.

The Pharma Data

Adds Rezurock™ (belumosudil) an FDA-approved, first-in-class treatment for adult and pediatric patients 12 years and older with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) after failure of at least two prior lines of systemic therapy. Sanofi has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Kadmon Holdings, Inc.

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AAFCO Publishes Proposed Common Food Index of 72 Foods; Requesting Feedback

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

A major component of AAFCO is its work on ingredient definitions, specifying what ingredients may be use in animal feed under what conditions. AAFCO’s ingredient definitions are not federal regulations and do not have the force or effect of federal law. The goal is to create uniformity to facilitate interstate commerce.

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Avacta Announces Collaboration Agreement With Bruker

The Pharma Data

Our objective is to work with Bruker and our clinical partners to deliver an effective and high throughput assay protocol, that can be applied in the clinical setting, with the required sensitivity and specificity and CE/FDA approvals to provide a useful additional diagnostic tool in the fight against the coronavirus.