The FDA’s letter to Novo is the latest example in a series of regulatory pushbacks that some analysts view as signs of tougher oversight from the agency.
In recent weeks, the FDA has surprised Acadia Pharmaceuticals with an unexpected notice of “deficiencies” in the company’s drug application and FibroGen with the unexpected scheduling of an advisory committee meeting. Reviews of drugs from AbbVie and Kadmon, meanwhile, have been extended past scheduled decision dates.
More broadly, the agency is in the midst of an “industry-wide” review of accelerated approvals for cancer immunotherapies, and appears to be enforcing a tough line on manufacturing with cell and gene therapy developers. READ MORE
by Ned Pagliarulo
Source: biopharmadive.com
CureVac and the University of Texas’s MD Anderson Cancer Center have announced a co-development and licensing agreement to develop novel messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based cancer vaccines. The strategic collaboration will focus on the development of differentiated cancer vaccine candidates in selected haematological and solid tumour indications with high unmet medical needs.
FUJIFILM Corporation is planning to invest $1.2 billion to expand the planned FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, US. This news follows the organisation’s announcement of a $2 billion investment in the facility in March 2021. This additional financial boost totals the investment to over $3.2 billion, FUJIFILM confirmed.
Sanofi’s global restructuring and downsizing is now fully underway, with layoffs stretching to the company’s Belgian offices. Belgian newspaper De Tijd reports that 67 employees have been laid off at a site in Ghent and 32 jobs are on the chopping block at Sanofi’s Belgium HQ in Diegem.
