Thursday, April 18, 2024

Thursday, April 18, 2024

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FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Takes Action to Help Facilitate Timely Development of Safe, Effective COVID-19 Vaccines

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took important action to help facilitate the timely development of safe and effective vaccines to prevent COVID-19 by providing guidance with recommendations for those developing COVID-19 vaccines for the ultimate purpose of licensure.

GENCURIX: Wins FDA EUA for COVID-19 Test Kit

Enhanced performance and high throughput screening up to 384 samples simultaneously

ABBVIE: Allergan, an AbbVie Company, and Molecular Partners Receive Complete Response Letter from FDA on Biologics License Application for Abicipar pegol

Allergan, an AbbVie Company (NYSE: ABBV), and Molecular Partners (SIX: MOLN), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a new class of custom-built protein therapeutics known as DARPin® therapeutics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter to the Biologics License Application (BLA) for Abicipar pegol, a novel, investigational DARPin® therapy for patients with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Joint Statement from USDA and FDA on Food Export Restrictions Pertaining to COVID-19

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., issued the following statement regarding food export restrictions pertaining to COVID-19

MEDAKIT LTD: Responds to FDA Warning Letter

Medakit Ltd, a leading biotech company specialized in the production of antibody diagnosis tests for COVID-19, received on June 10th a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration outlining their concern regarding the terminology utilized in Medakit website allegedly suggesting the use of Medakit test for "home-use" settings.

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Revokes Emergency Use Authorization for Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) that allowed for chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate donated to the Strategic National Stockpile to be used to treat certain hospitalized patients with COVID-19 when a clinical trial was unavailable, or participation in a clinical trial was not feasible

CHROMACODE: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for ChromaCode's High-Throughput HDPCR™ SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time PCR Assay

High-Definition PCR SARS-CoV-2 assay increases test throughput and reduces complexity of interpretation; ChromaCode customers enjoy inventory guarantee

THERMO FISHER: Extends NanoDrop One/OneC Spectrophotometer to FDA-Regulated Companies

New software can be used by pharma, biotech labs to comply with Title 21 CFR Part 11 data integrity regulations

FDA: Federal Government Announces New Pilot Program to Help Stop Illegal Availability of Unapproved Opioids Online

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) are launching a 120-day pilot to help reduce the availability of unapproved opioids illegally offered for sale online.

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Reissues Emergency Use Authorizations Revising Which Types of Respirators Can Be Decontaminated for Reuse

In response to public health and safety concerns about the appropriateness of decontaminating certain respirators, the agency is reissuing certain emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to specify which respirators are appropriate for decontamination.

AAPS: Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) Sues the FDA to End Its Arbitrary Restrictions on Hydroxychloroquine

The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) filed a lawsuit, AAPS v. FDA, against the Food and Drug Administration to end its arbitrary interference with the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which President Trump and other world leaders have taken as a prophylaxis against COVID-19.

TRANSIT SCIENTIFIC: FDA Clears Innovative Angioplasty Scoring and Cutting Platform

New metal-alloy sheath converts angioplasty balloons into scoring and cutting systems

UNIVERSAL PACKAGING: Shifts Focus to COVID-19 Solutions by Providing FDA-Approved Face Masks

Leading Provider to National Pharmaceutical and Long-Term Care Industries Has 3-Ply Surgical and KN95 Masks In Stock, Ready to Ship Same Day.

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Publicly Shares Antibody Test Performance Data From Kits as Part of Validation Study

U.S. Food and Drug Administration publicly posted test performance data from four more antibody, or serology, test kits on open.fda.gov from its independent performance validation study effort with the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)

FDA: Federal judge enters order of permanent injunction against New York company for distributing unapproved drugs

A federal judge has ordered two individuals doing business as Sundial Herbal Products to stop distributing unapproved new drugs and misbranded drugs until they comply with federal law.

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