Applications to market Roche’s spinal muscular atrophy drug have already been submitted in eight countries including the US, where a decision is due in August.
The European Medicines Agency is set to decide this week whether to fast-track Roche’s planned EU marketing application for risdiplam, an investigational drug that would become the third approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), but the first one that is administered orally.
Roche’s request for an accelerated assessment is listed on the agenda of the latest monthly meeting of the EMA’s...
<p>Executive Summary</p> <p>A list of EU biosimilar filings, CHMP opinions and EU marketing authorizations, including details of the biosimilar company, the brand name/INN, indication(s), the reference product/company, and the date and type of event.</p>
Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee will consider whether open-label extension data from a randomized trial that failed its primary endpoint, along with a historical control comparison, are enough to support approval in the ultra-rare disease.
<p>Executive Summary<p> <p>The Pink Sheet's list of EU centralized approvals of new active substances has been updated to add six new products, incl/ding Ixchiq, Valneva's chikungunya virus vaccine</p>
It is unclear in a revised staff manual guide whether Commissioner's National Priority Voucher program approval “recommendations” from the drug and biologic center directors will be advisory or decisional, experts told the Pink Sheet.
Revised recommendation is based on most recent data on circulating strains in US, where KP.3 is now dominant. Novavax sticks with plans targeting the JN.1 ‘parent strain.’
Pink Sheet reporter and editors discuss the US FDA’s changes to the COVID-19 vaccine indication and its revocation of the vaccine emergency use authorizations, as well as new vaccine coverage and reimbursement questions.
