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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

FDA: Approves New Treatment for Adults with Cushing’s Disease

Cushing’s disease is a rare disease in which the adrenal glands make too much of the cortisol hormone.

LUYE PHARMA: NDA Filing for Luye Pharma's Antidepressant Drug LY03005 Accepted by the U.S. FDA

Luye Pharma Group has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed and accepted the filing of a New Drug Application (NDA) for LY03005, a new chemical drug for the treatment of major depressive disorder.

FDA: Requires Stronger Warning About Risk of Neuropsychiatric Events Associated with Asthma and Allergy Medication Singulair and Generic Montelukast

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is requiring a boxed warning – the agency’s most prominent warning – for montelukast (sold under the brand name Singulair and in generic form) to strengthen an existing warning about the risk of neuropsychiatric events associated with the drug, which is used to treat asthma and allergic rhinitis (hay fever).

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA and CDC take action to increase access to respirators, including N95s, for health care personnel

In a joint effort, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took action to make more respirators, including certain N95s, available to health care personnel. Currently, the majority of respirators on the market are indicated for use in industrial settings.

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