DrugBank

JUNE 18, 2025

Drug development is a complex and highly regulated process. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and other global counterparts, set rigorous standards to ensure that drugs are safe, effective, and high-quality. Regulatory agencies, such as the U.S.

Drug Development

Drug Target Review

APRIL 14, 2025

A deep interest in political science and the political economy of drugs led him to focus on how drugs are priced and distributed across different jurisdictions. Preventative drugs, unlike antibiotics used to treat infections, are taken proactively, which opens a broader market.

Therapies

New Drug Approvals

APRIL 25, 2025

12] However, absorption, metabolism, and excretion data of taselisib , a molecule with a related chemical scaffold, suggest moderately slow absorption into the systemic circulation, metabolism to play a minor role in drug clearance, and biliary excretion to be the main route of excretion. [13] Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

FDA

Drug Patent Watch

JANUARY 14, 2025

From mergers and acquisitions to licensing agreements and pricing discussions, these complex interactions demand a unique blend of scientific knowledge, business acumen, and interpersonal skills. These agreements tie a drug’s price to its real-world performance, aligning the interests of manufacturers, payers, and patients.

Pharmaceuticals

The Pharma Data

JULY 2, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a new supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) and granted it priority review status, seeking to update the U.S. The FDA has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target action date of October 25, 2025.

Trials

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

JULY 18, 2025

Published July 18, 2025 • Updated 3 hours ago Ned Pagliarulo Lead Editor post share post print email license The U.S. Food and Drug Administration headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., After the second death, Sarepta began working on a new regimen of immune-suppressing drugs it hopes will make treatment safer.

Therapies

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

JULY 9, 2025

Deep Dive Library Events Press Releases Topics Sign up Search Sign up Search Pharma Biotech FDA Clinical Trials Deals Drug Pricing Gene Therapy An article from Merck to buy Verona and its lung drug in $10B deal The New Jersey-based pharma has inked one of the biggest deals of the year in pursuit of a promising new way to treat COPD.

Clinical Trials

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The question that is always on the mind of folks in FDA-regulated industries is, what does that mean for my application/inspection/meeting? Drugs/Biologics/Devices / Tobacco (CDER, CBER, CDRH, CTP) These centers are largely supported by user-fee programs that support their review staff (MDUFA, PDUFA, BsUFA, GDUFA).

Government

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

JUNE 27, 2025

Published June 27, 2025 Ned Pagliarulo Lead Editor post share post print email license Bristol Myers Squibb sells two CAR-T cell therapies for cancer. Published June 27, 2025 Ned Pagliarulo Lead Editor post share post print email license Bristol Myers Squibb sells two CAR-T cell therapies for cancer.

Therapies

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Just before clearing Pfizer’s buyout of Seagen, the regulator threatened to block Sanofi’s licensing deal with Maze Therapeutics, a challenge the biotech called ‘‘unprecedented.”

Drug Research

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

European regulators have for the fourth time issued a negative opinion on PTC's Translarna. Elsewhere, Amylyx read out data and Leqembi hit a roadblock in Australia.

Licensing

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

JULY 22, 2025

Deep Dive Library Events Press Releases Topics Sign up Search Sign up Search Pharma Biotech FDA Clinical Trials Deals Drug Pricing Gene Therapy An article from News roundup Replimune drug rejected by FDA; Omega raises $647M biotech fund The FDA raised issues that Replimune said hadn’t come up in meetings previously.

FDA

Reprocell

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The biological license application (BLA) is one of the many requests for marketing approval received by the FDA. Unlike the New Drug Application (NDA) which is usually the go-to submission for chemically synthesized, low molecular weight drugs BLAs grant sponsors the ability to introduce Biologics into interstate commerce.

Licensing

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

HP&M has been helping clients navigate the challenges of state licensing regulations for drugs, biologics, medical devices, OTCs, 503B outsourcing facilities, 503A pharmacies, foods, dietary supplements, cannabis, and wholesalers/distributors for many years. Keup has joined the firm to assist attorneys Karla L.

Licensing

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

JUNE 23, 2025

Originally developed in the 1970s to treat diabetes, these drugs—such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro—have become headline-makers for their ability to induce significant weight loss. Understanding GLP-1 drugs GLP-1, or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor modulators, mimic natural hormones that regulate insulin and appetite.

Treatment

The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 27, 2021

NYSE and TASE: TEVA) and MODAG GmbH today announced a strategic collaboration on the exclusive worldwide licensing and development of MODAG’s lead compound anle138b and a related compound, sery433. Small molecule candidate Anle138b targets disease modification for multiple system atrophy and other neurological disorders.

Licensing

LifeSciVC

APRIL 24, 2024

Is a novel target at the inflection point where enough evidence is available to suggest it may prove to be a compelling drug? Directionality and Druggability: Does the proposed “direction” of insult and therapeutic intervention make sense, and can we drug our novel target with a compelling modality? in the case of CFTR for Trikafta).

Production

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Sophia R. Gibbs — For more than three decades, FDA has claimed that the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C Act) gives the agency legal authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices (see our prior post here ). Gaulkin & Jeffrey N.

Laboratories

Drug Channels

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

On March 14, 2023, Drug Channels Institute will release The 2023 Economic Report on U.S. drug pricing, reimbursement, and dispensing system. we highlight potential implications of the IRA for the drug channel. If you have any questions before purchasing a license to the report, please email me. In Subsection 12.5.1.,

Pharmacy

Policy Prescription

MAY 28, 2021

For the past decade, I’ve written extensively about my view that pharma-funded organizations and initiatives are responsible for misleading Americans about the safety of buying more affordable prescription drugs over the Internet for import from Canada and other countries. Here’s one example and you can be the judge.

Pharmacy

The Pharma Data

MAY 7, 2021

regulators to seek approval of our COVID-19 vaccine based on our pivotal Phase 3 trial and follow-up data.”. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the U.S. “Following the successful delivery of more than 170 million doses to the U.S. CEO and Co-founder of BioNTech. “We

Licensing

Agency IQ

MAY 28, 2024

regulator lays out proposal for international device and diagnostics recognition The British medical device regulator just issued its promised framework on international recognition. law as the Medical Devices Regulation 2002 (UK MDR 2002). law as the Medical Devices Regulation 2002 (UK MDR 2002).

International

The Pharma Data

MARCH 30, 2021

These targeted drugs bind to markers or proteins over-expressed by certain tumors, or tumor-associated tissue, such as stroma. Targeted radioligand therapy is a type of precision medicine combining two key elements: a targeting compound, or ligand, and a radioactive isotope, causing DNA damage that inhibits tumor growth and replication.

Therapies

Agency IQ

JANUARY 12, 2024

device regulation timelines To kick off 2024, the British device regulator offered its medical device and IVD plans for this year and next, promising public action on the post-market surveillance regulation by mid-2024 and on the core regulations in late 2024 or early 2025. New roadmap sets out U.K.

Regulations

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This product was developed by uniQure prior to being licensed to CSL Behring. Of course, neither “cure” nor permanency are the bar for FDA to find that a new drug is effective; simply because there is the potential for something to be a “cure” or offer permanent/near-permanent effects does not mean it should be required to be such.

Therapies

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 8, 2024

With apologies to Curtis Mayfield) By the close of the public comment period for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (“DEA’s”) proposal to reschedule marijuana two weeks ago, the agency had received over 43,500 comments. Some states have authorities that regulate marijuana exclusively. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and DEA respond?

Regulations

The Pharma Data

JANUARY 18, 2021

18, 2021 — As more states legalize marijuana and more shops begin to sell it, more young adults are using pot and developing drug-use disorders, a new study finds. People with a higher number of licensed marijuana outlets within four miles of home were more likely to have used pot in the past month, the survey showed.

Licensing

DrugBank

OCTOBER 4, 2024

However, ensuring that these structures comply with applicable tax laws and regulations is essential to avoid potential legal and reputational risks. This involves assessing the strength and breadth of patents, evaluating the potential for future patent challenges, and analyzing the value derived from licensing agreements and royalty streams.

Pharmaceuticals

The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 13, 2020

SHP2 is a critical signaling node and regulator that promotes cancer cell survival and growth through the RAS pathway, playing a key role in the way cancer cells develop resistance to targeted therapies. . CAMBRIDGE, Mass., 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Relay Therapeutics, Inc. About RLY-1971.

Licensing

Policy Prescription

APRIL 1, 2022

Department of Justice, according to Seeking Alpha , is investigating the sale and distribution of counterfeit drugs in the U.S. drug supply chain consisting of $250 million in counterfeit HIV drugs that were sold throughout the U.S. from licensed pharmacies to American patients.

Pharmacy

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Relevant here, FDA interpreted in Guidance that a proposed injectable biosimilar must “demonstrate that its product has the same strength as the reference product by demonstrating that both products have the same total content of drug substance (in mass or units of activity) and the same concentration of drug substance.”

FDA

The Premier Consulting Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This process can be initiated during the review period of the biologics license application (BLA) or new drug application (NDA) prior to approval. ii When appropriately applied, concurrent validation provides a powerful tool to address impractical limitations of bringing new drugs and biologics to market.

Small Molecule

The Pharma Data

MAY 4, 2021

House Democrats ramp up pressure on drug prices ( Politico ). Democrats Disagree About How to Spend Potential Prescription Drug Windfall ( KHN ). A Psychedelic Drug Passes a Big Test for PTSD Treatment ( NYTimes ) ( Endpoints ). In Focus: International. Interim Order No.

Vaccine

The Premier Consulting Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Determining if you have a combination product The high-level definition of combination product seems straightforward: a product with at least two constituent parts, such as: Drug/biologic (e.g., therapeutic drug/monoclonal antibody) Drug/device (e.g., insulin injector pen) Multiple drugs/device (e.g.,

Production

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

AUGUST 9, 2024

Managing this complexity highlights the importance of global communication plans and constant communication with global regulators and keeping all required documentation up to date. Harmonizing regulatory requirements and complying with all relevant regulations are crucial for the success of adaptive MRCTs.

Trials

Drug Target Review

AUGUST 9, 2024

What is drug formulation? Drug formulation is the process of designing and producing a final medicinal product from an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). 1 The goal is to create a dosage form that delivers the drug effectively to the intended site of action with optimal patient benefit and a good commercial value.

Science

LifeSciVC

JULY 17, 2024

By Mike Cloonan, Chief Executive Officer of Sionna Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC The drug development process in rare diseases is rife with challenges especially when companies target significant differentiation or first-in-class targets.

Clinical Research