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Déjà Vu: OPDP Again Targets Provider Branded Website of Accelerated Approval Drug in Second Untitled Letter of 2025

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

By Sarah Wicks & Dara Katcher Levy FDAs Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued its second Untitled Letter of 2025 to Taiho Oncology (Taiho) for a healthcare provider branded website for its drug LYTGOBI (futibatinib). This letter, dated March 21, 2025, cites Taihos false or misleading representations about the benefits of the drug, which is considered misbranding under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

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Substrate Trapping in Polyketide Synthase Thioesterase Domains: Structural Basis for Macrolactone Formation

Covalent Modifiers

Tyler M. McCullough, Vishakha Choudhary, David L. Akey, Meredith A. Skiba, Steffen M. Bernard, Jeffrey D. Kittendorf, Jennifer J. Schmidt, David H. Sherman, and Janet L. Smith ACS Catalysis 2024 14 (16), 12551-12563 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c03637 Emerging antibiotic resistance requires continual improvement in the arsenal of antimicrobial drugs, especially the critical macrolide antibiotics.

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FDA Eliminates Animal Testing: Impact on Biotechs

The Premier Consulting Blog

On April 10, 2025, the US FDA announced that it has a long-term plan to eliminate conventional animal testing in drug development, starting with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs).[ 1] Instead, within 3-5 years, the expectation will be to leverage an integrated safety assessment approach, combining information from a comprehensive battery of New Approach Methodologies (NAM).

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Covalent Modification of Glutamic Acid Inspired by HaloTag Technology

Covalent Modifiers

Waldmann H, Zhang R, liu J, Gasper R, Janning P. ChemRxiv. 2025 doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-70x40. [link] For targeted covalent protein modification at low reactivity aspartates and glutamates, new methods are in high demand. Inspired by the HaloTag technology we have developed a new technique which employs a reaction between chloroalkane-functionalised ligands and a specific glutamate residue.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Total Hip Replacement Recovery: Everything You Need To Know

Drugs.com

SUNDAY, April 13, 2025 -- Curious what recovery really looks like after a hip replacement? Dr. Ayesha Abdeen, chief of hip and knee replacement surgery at Boston Medical Center, shares what to expect at every step along the way from managing pain.

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Let’s Talk Security - Why a Bug Bounty May Be More Valuable Than a Penetration Test

Collaborative Drug

Lets talk security - Why a bug bounty may be more valuable than a penetration test

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Olezarsen

New Drug Approvals

Olezarsen Olezarsen is an ASO directed inhibitor of Apolipoprotein C-III (apoC-III) mRNA, conjugated to a ligand containing three N-acetyl galactosamine (GalNAc) residues to enable delivery of the ASO to hepatocytes. TRYNGOLZA contains olezarsen sodium as the active ingredient. Olezarsen sodium is a white to yellow solid and it is freely soluble in water and in phosphate buffer.

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