Remove 2020 Remove FDA Remove Safety
article thumbnail

Akebia Recovers From Rejection to Win FDA Approval for Anemia Drug

MedCity News

Approval of Akebia Therapeutics’ Vafseo is based on additional post-marketing safety data from Japan, where the drug has been used since 2020. The FDA rejected the drug two years ago due to concerns about cardiovascular safety.

FDA 290
article thumbnail

Are timely access and robust safety mutually exclusive?

pharmaphorum

The FDA approves new cancer treatments in half the time of the EMA – but does faster mean better? And how can regulators balance timely access with robust safety? They found that the FDA approved 85 (95%) of the drugs before the EMA, with the latter clocking up a median delay of 241 (150-370) days. An abundance of caution?

Safety 98
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Do patients care about accelerated approval drugs?

World of DTC Marketing

Accelerated Approval allows for early access to drugs and biologics based on initial evidence of safety and effectiveness, while confirmatory studies required to verify clinical benefits are ongoing. The program was codified into law under the Food and Drug Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) in 2012. Do patients care?

Patients 200
article thumbnail

Covid vaccine profits and the strain on supply channels

World of DTC Marketing

Moderna, maker of one of only two vaccines granted emergency authorizations to prevent COVID-19 in the US, has been shamed with a 2020 “Shkreli Award” by the Lown Institute, a healthcare think tank. Can the FDA really control the quality of vaccine orders this big? However, in vaccines, cut corners could compromise patient safety.

article thumbnail

Is DTC effective?

World of DTC Marketing

During the first quarter of 2020, the number of telehealth visits increased by 50%, compared with the same period in 2019, with a 154% increase in visits noted in surveillance week 13 in 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. The FDA can be myopic when researching how consumers view and react to DTC.

article thumbnail

US FDA approves GSK’s Jesduvroq to treat anaemia of CKD

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline ’s (GSK) Jesduvroq (daprodustat) to treat anaemia caused by chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults who have been on dialysis for at least four months. It also achieved non-inferiority of MACE compared to ESA control, in the primary safety analysis of the ITT population.

article thumbnail

FDA grants EUAs for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s bivalent Covid-19 boosters

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for bivalent formulations of Moderna and Pfizer -BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccines as boosters. The EUA amendments by the FDA are based on the totality of available data. In August, Moderna sought FDA EUA for the BA.4/BA.5 1 lineage.

FDA 104