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Bipartisan Cannabis Research Bill Could Cause 'Dire Unintended Consequences' For Industry, Reform Groups Say
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 - 9:33pm | 631Recently, the Global Alliance for Cannabis Commerce (GACC) and Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) expressing their support for streamlining cannabis research. The organizations argue that the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol...
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Ipsen Stock Declines After Pulling Rare Disease Application
Friday, August 13, 2021 - 10:48am | 363Ipsen (OTC: IPSEY) withdrew its US marketing application for palovarotene following discussions with the FDA indicating additional data analyses needed from two pivotal trials. Palovarotene is an oral, selective RARγ agonist to prevent heterotropic ossification (new bone...
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BeyondSpring's Plinabulin US Application for Chemo-Induced Neutropenia Under Review
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 11:45am | 140The FDA has accepted for review BeyondSpring Inc's (NASDAQ: BYSI) marketing application seeking approval for the use of plinabulin in combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN). Under the priority...
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XBiotech To Test New Drug Candidate Combined With Approved Treatment In Pancreatic Cancer
Monday, April 19, 2021 - 7:08am | 284The FDA has signed off Phase 1/2 clinical study to evaluate XBiotech Inc's (NASDAQ: XBIT) XB2001 when added to the ONIVYDE/5-FU combination therapy for treating patients with pancreatic cancer. The Phase 1 portion of the study will examine increasing doses of XBiotech...
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Akari Therapeutics' To Go With Pivotal Bullous Pemphigoid Study With Nomacopan
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 12:48pm | 282The FDA has opened the investigational new drug application for Phase 3 trial for Akari Therapeutics Plc's (NASDAQ: AKTX) lead drug candidate, nomacopan, for the treatment of moderate and severe Bullous Pemphigoid (BP), allowing clinical sites to open mid-2021, subject...
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Landos Biopharma Stock Is Trading Higher On Initiating Early-Stage Study With Omilancor For Esophagus Inflammation
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 9:53am | 304The FDA has signed off Landos Biopharma's (NASDAQ: LABP) Investigational New Drug application for omilancor (BT-11) for the treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE). Landos expects to initiate patient dosing in the first half of 2022. The 36-subject Phase 1b study is...
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Karyopharm Stock Is Trading Higher After China's NMPA Signs Off Early-Stage ATG-019 Study In Cancer Settings
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 6:19am | 217The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Antengene Corporation Limited's Investigational New Drug Application for a Phase 1 trial of ATG-019 in China. The trial will evaluate the safety and tolerability of ATG-019 (monotherapy or combined with niacin ER)...
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Gilead Seeks Full FDA Approval Of Its Remdesivir Drug For Coronavirus
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 - 1:34am | 410Gilead Sciences, Inc (NASDAQ: GILD) announced Monday it was seeking complete Food and Drug Administration approval for its drug Remdesivir, which is being used in the treatment of COVID-19. What Happened The drugmaker said it has filed a New Drug Application with the FDA on the basis of...
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AstraZeneca Remains Committed To Development Of ZS-9 Despite Letter From FDA
Friday, May 27, 2016 - 7:47am | 267Shares of AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE: AZN) were trading lower by more than 1.5 percent early Friday after the company confirmed it received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration relating to its New Drug Application (NDA) for sodium zirconium cyclosilicate,...
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Pain Therapeutics Gains 7%, FDA Has Accepted Company's Remoxy For Review
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 11:32am | 179Shares of Pain Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTIE), a micro-cap biopharmaceutical company whose lead drug candidate, REMOXY, is used for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. Pain Therapeutics announced after Tuesday's market close the U.S. Food and Drug Administration determined that its...
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Opko Health Shares Tumble Following CRL Related To Rayaldee NDA
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 10:04am | 253Shares of Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK) were trading lower by more than 9 percent ahead of Wednesday's opening bell after the company disclosed it has received a response from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to its New Drug Application (NDA) for RAYALDEE. The FDA indicated in its...
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Heron Therapeutics Falls 11%, Company Says FDA Has Not Concluded A Scheduled Review
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 11:14am | 176Heron Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: HRTX) announced on Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not taken any action on its New Drug Application (NDA) for SUSTOL. The FDA informed Heron Therapeutics that it has not yet concluded a review of the NDA despite a January 17, 2016,...
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Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Gains 5% After Company Confirms FDA Review Of New Drug
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 1:03pm | 118Shares of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPPI) were trading higher by nearly 5 percent late Friday morning after the company announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its EOquin for New Drug Application (NDA) for review. EOquin (apaziquone for intravesical...
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Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Crashes 50% Following 'Refusal To File' Letter From FDA
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 11:16am | 256Shares of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: CPRX) lost nearly half of its value Wednesday morning after the company disclosed it received a "Refusal to File" letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The "Refusal to File" letter was sent to Catalyst...
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Sarepta Therapeutics Dropped 10% Following FDA News
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 2:01pm | 209Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: SRPT) plunged more than 10 percent on Monday and hit a new 52-week low of $10.60 after the company received a notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA told Sarepta Therapeutics that it requires additional time to complete its...