Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

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REGENXBIO: Announces FDA Clearance of IND for Phase II Trial of RGX-314 for the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Suprachoroidal Delivery

Company expects to initiate enrollment in the Phase II trial, ALTITUDE, in the second half of 2020 to evaluate the targeted, in-office suprachoroidal delivery of RGX-314

RECORDATI RARE DISEASES INC.: U.S. FDA Approves CYSTADROPS® (Cysteamine Ophthalmic Solution) 0.37%, A New Practical Treatment Option for the Ocular Manifestations of Cystinosis

Recordati Rare Diseases Inc., announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CYSTADROPS® (cysteamine ophthalmic solution) 0.37%. CYSTADROPS is a new, viscous eye drop solution that depletes corneal cystine crystal deposits in people living with cystinosis.

PTC THERAPEUTICS: Announces First Commercial Milestone Payment Following U.S. FDA Approval of Evrysdi™ (risdiplam)

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT) announced that the company achieved a $20 million milestone payment from Roche under its License and Collaboration Agreement.

BEARPAC MEDICAL: Announces Commercial Launch of the New Passio Pump Drainage System After Receiving FDA 510(k) Clearance

Bearpac Medical, LLC is pleased to announce that they have launched a new FDA 510(k) cleared device intended to treat patients with malignant and other recurrent pleural effusions.

FDA: Broadens Emergency Use Authorization for Veklury (remdesivir) to Include All Hospitalized Patients for Treatment of COVID-19

As part of its ongoing efforts to fight COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration broadened the scope of the existing emergency use authorization (EUA) for the drug Veklury (remdesivir) to include treatment of all hospitalized adult and pediatric patients with suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, irrespective of their

FDA: Approves First-of-its-Kind Automated Insulin Delivery and Monitoring System for Use in Young Pediatric Patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the MiniMed 770G System, a hybrid closed loop diabetes management device that is intended to automatically monitor glucose (sugar) and provide appropriate basal insulin doses with little or no input from the users or their caregivers for use by individuals aged 2 to 6 with type 1 diabetes.

SOFTWAVE® TISSUE REGENERATION TECHNOLOGIES: Receives FDA Clearance for the Treatment of Burn Wounds

SoftWave® Tissue Regeneration Technologies, a disruptive bio-medical device company, was cleared by the FDA on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, for the treatment of superficial, partial-thickness, second-degree burns in adults (FDA 510k letter number K200926).

U.S. FDA: National Food Safety Education Month: Do You Know the Steps for Food Safety?

September is National Food Safety Education Month and it's the perfect time to learn the key steps for food safety: Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill.

SEQSTER: Streamlines Regulatory Submissions & Health Data Sharing with FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance

Patient-Centric Engagement Platform Passes High-Level Compliance Greatly Benefiting Pharmaceutical Enterprises

FDA: Issues first injunction under Produce Safety Rule to Illinois-based food manufacturer for repeated food safety violations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that Fortune Food Product, Inc., an Illinois-based processor of sprouts and soy products, has agreed to stop production until it, among other things, undertakes remedial action and complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

FDA: Announces Key FSMA Rule to Advance Traceability of Foods, A Major Milestone in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety

The FDA has proposed a new rule that lays the foundation for the end-to-end food traceability across the food industry that we’ll be working toward over the next decade as part of the New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative.

FDA: Launches the Digital Health Center of Excellence

U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is launching the Digital Health Center of Excellence within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH).

FDA: Requiring Labeling Changes for Benzodiazepines

Boxed Warning to Be Updated to Include Abuse, Addiction and Other Serious Risks

BD: Submits Pre-Market Approval Supplement to FDA to Enable ThinPrep® Pap Test™ PreservCyt® Solution to be Used with the BD Onclarity™ HPV Assay

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that it has submitted a pre-market approval (PMA) supplement to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of the ThinPrep® Pap Test™ PreservCyt® Solution vial as an approved sample type for its BD Onclarity™ HPV Assay.

FDA: Authorizes First Point-of-Care Antibody Test for COVID-19

U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first serology (antibody) point-of-care (POC) test for COVID-19.

LEAP THERAPEUTICS: Announces FDA Fast Track Designation Granted to DKN-01 for the Treatment of Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer

Leap Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:LPTX), a biotechnology company focused on developing targeted and immuno-oncology therapeutics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to DKN-01 for the treatment of patients with gastric and gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) adenocarcinoma whose tumors express high Dickkopf-1 protein (DKK1), following disease progression on or after prior fluoropyrimidine- and platinum- containing chemotherapy and if appropriate, human epidermal receptor growth factor (HER2)/neu-targeted therapy. DKN-01 is a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to and blocks the activity of DKK1 protein, a modulator of Wnt/Beta-catenin signaling.

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