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FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA takes action to increase U.S. supplies through instructions for PPE and device manufacturers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action to increase U.S. supplies to support the U.S. response to COVID-19 by providing instructions to manufacturersExternal Link Disclaimer importing personal protective equipment and other devices.

FDA: Insulin Gains New Pathway to Increased Competition

A historic day and a landmark moment for patients with diabetes and other serious medical conditions, as insulin and certain other biologic drugs transition to a different regulatory pathway.

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup March 27, 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup March 26, 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup, March 25, 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup, March 24, 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA provides update on patient access to certain REMS drugs during COVID-19 public health emergency

U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ongoing efforts to address the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the agency issued a new guidance to sponsors and healthcare providers regarding certain Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS)-required testing during this time.

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues first Emergency Use Authorization for Point of Care Diagnostic

U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization for a point-of-care COVID-19 diagnostic for the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 test.

IMSTEM BIOTECHNOLOGY: Announces FDA has Lifted the Clinical Hold on the Investigational New Drug Application for IMS001 for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

ImStem Biotechnology, Inc. (Farmington CT), a biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of human embryonic stem cell (ESC) derived mesenchymal stem cells (hES-MSC), through a proprietary method using a trophoblast intermediate stage (hence also known as T-MSC) for the treatment of neurological, autoimmune, and rare orphan diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted the clinical hold and cleared the Investigational New Drug (IND) application to evaluate IMS001 for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA allows expanded use of devices to monitor patients’ vital signs remotely

U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ongoing efforts to address the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), the agency issued a new policy that allows manufacturers of certain FDA-cleared non-invasive, vital sign-measuring devices to expand their use so that health care providers can use them to monitor patients remotely.

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Continues to Facilitate Development of Treatments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to play a critical role in the multifaceted all-of-government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes, among other things, facilitating medical countermeasures to treat and prevent the disease, and surveilling the medical product and food supply chains for potential shortages or disruptions and helping to mitigate such impacts, as necessary.

ORAMED: Receives Positive Feedback From End-of-Phase 2 Oral Insulin CMC Meeting With FDA

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ORMP) (TASE: ORMP) (www.oramed.com), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral drug delivery systems, today announced positive feedback from its initial End-of-Phase 2 (EoP2) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss Chemistry Manufacturing and Control (CMC) of its lead oral insulin capsule ORMD-0801.

JANSSEN: Submits Ponesimod New Drug Application to the U.S. FDA for Treatment of Adults with Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) today announced the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ponesimod for the treatment of adult patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS).

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Guidance for Conducting Clinical Trials

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a guidance for industry, investigators and institutional review boards conducting clinical trials during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Diagnostic Emergency Use Authorization to Hologic and LabCorp

U.S. Food and Drug Administration took two additional significant diagnostic actions during the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) by issuing Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) to: Hologic for its Panther Fusion SARS-COV-2 Assay, and Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) for its COVID-19 RT-PCR test.

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Thermo Fisher

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took another significant diagnostic action during the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).

FDA: Approves First Treatment for Group of Progressive Interstitial Lung Diseases

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Ofev (nintedanib) oral capsules to treat patients with chronic fibrosing (scarring) interstitial lung diseases (ILD) with a progressive phenotype (trait).

FDA: Proposes Broad Approach for Conducting Safety Trials for Type 2 Diabetes Medications

New Draft Guidance Considers Broader Evaluations Beyond Cardiovascular Outcomes Trials

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