The FDA is Reversing Course on Unapproved Products Sold by Stem Cell Manufacturers

  The FDA’s “untitled letter” to R3 Stem Cell (R3), based in Scottsdale Arizona, cautioned R3 that the product they are marketing is considered a drug. It must, therefore, be…

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Improvements in Treatment Access are Helping Indigenous Chronic Kidney Disease Patients, but More Changes are Needed
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Improvements in Treatment Access are Helping Indigenous Chronic Kidney Disease Patients, but More Changes are Needed

According to a story from abc.net.au, the local health services from northwest Queensland, Australia have recently been tasked with managing dialysis treatment centers in the region. This has improved access…

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First Treatment in China for Morquio A Syndrome Earns Approval
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First Treatment in China for Morquio A Syndrome Earns Approval

According to a story from Market Screener, the biotechnology company BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. recently announced that the Chinese government has approved the company's drug elosulfase alfa (marketed at Vimizim) as…

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Gene Therapy for Severe Beta Thalassemia Earns Conditional Marketing Approval in the EU
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Gene Therapy for Severe Beta Thalassemia Earns Conditional Marketing Approval in the EU

According to a story from BioPortfolio, the gene therapy company bluebird bio, Inc. recently announced that its gene therapy ZYNTEGLO™ has earned conditional marketing authorization in the European Union from…

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Orchard Therapeutics Acquires Global Licensing Agreement for Experimental Mucopolysaccharidosis Drug
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Orchard Therapeutics Acquires Global Licensing Agreement for Experimental Mucopolysaccharidosis Drug

According to a publication from Biospace, British clinical drug developer Orchard Therapeutics has secured global intellectual property rights to research, manufacture, and market a gene therapy program for the treatment…

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Bayer’s Aliqopa Receives Breakthrough Therapy Status for Marginal Zone Lymphoma
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Bayer’s Aliqopa Receives Breakthrough Therapy Status for Marginal Zone Lymphoma

According to a publication from Benzinga, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Therapy status to Bayer's relapsed follicular lymphoma drug Aliqopa (copanlisib) for the treatment of marginal…

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Company Seeks Marketing Approval for Possible Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Drug in EU
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Company Seeks Marketing Approval for Possible Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Drug in EU

According to a story from BioPortfolio, the specialty pharmaceutical company Santhera Pharmaceuticals recently announced that it has submitted its marketing application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its drug…

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New Collaboration Will Test Live Biotherapeutics Against Different Cancers
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New Collaboration Will Test Live Biotherapeutics Against Different Cancers

According to a story from finanznachrichten.de, the biotherapeutics company 4D pharma has recently announced a research partnership with the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas. The goal of…

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Experimental Drug for Sickle Cell Disease Earns Fast Track Designation

According to a story from BioSpace, the biopharmaceutical company Imara, Inc. has recently announced that its experimental product candidate IMR-687 has earned Fast Track designation from the US Food and…

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Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis (ATTR-CM); After Nine Years Pfizer Wins FDA Breakthrough Designation

It has been nine years since Pfizer acquired the drugs vyndagel and vyndamax. According to a report in Biospace, based on the FDA’s recent approval of the two drugs to treat transthyretin-mediated…

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