The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended two artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software tools for use in the NHS for stroke diagnosis. The two softwares – e-Stroke and RapidAI – were selected after the health technology assessment agency found some evidence of faster and better access to treatment after using the software. Currently the leading cause of disability, responsible for more than 100,000 cases in the UK every year, a stroke is a life-threatening medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to parts of the brain is cut off. NICE advised that the software tools can be used within the NHS “while further evidence is generated to help better determine their cost-effectiveness”. The institute also noted that some form of AI was deployed in 99 out of 107 stroke units in England. e-Stroke, developed by Brainomix, was implemented in hundreds of hospitals in the UK, as ...
January 24, 2024 Don Tracy, Associate Editor New FDA guidelines require manufacturers to add boxed warnings to CAR T-cell therapy products. On January 19, 2024, the FDA issued multiple notifications to drugmakers requiring boxed warnings to be added to all chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy products, citing additional cancer risks associated with the treatment. The agency states that the letters “notify manufacturers of each such licensed product to update the package insert to include available information related to the risks and to update the Medication Guide for these products to identify the possibility of the increased risk of getting cancers, including certain types of cancers of the immune system.” Treatments required to have updated warnings include all FDA-approved CAR T-cell therapies and licensed BCMA-directed and CD19-directed genetically modified autologous CAR T-cell immunotherapies. The letter stating these requirements has been sent to the manufacturers of Abecma, Breyanzi, Carvykti, Kymriah, Tecartus, ...
Eli Lilly said its experimental gene therapy restored hearing in a boy born with profound hearing loss. The results for this experimental treatment come three months after Regeneron Pharmaceuticals reported early but encouraging data for its hearing loss gene therapy. By FRANK VINLUAN Gene therapy made its first breakthroughs slowing vision loss from inherited eye disorders. Eli Lilly is making the ear this therapeutic modality’s next proving ground, and the pharmaceutical giant now has some encouraging early clinical trial results showing it can work. An 11-year-old boy with profound hearing loss experienced restored hearing within 30 days of receiving the gene therapy, AK-OTOF, Lilly announced Tuesday. These are results for just one patient—the first in a clinical trial that could enroll up to 150 participants. But this early result is a promising sign for the therapy, which Lilly gained in 2022 through the $487 million acquisition of its developer, Akouos. ...
Shenzhen Biokangtai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “BIOKANGTAI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BIOKANGTAI (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”), has recently received a notification of acceptance from the State Drug Administration, agreeing to accept the application for clinical trial of 20-valent Pneumococcal Sugar Conjugate Vaccine (hereinafter referred to as “20-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine”) developed by BIOKANGTAI. (hereinafter referred to as “Minhai Biotechnology”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, has recently received a notification of acceptance issued by the State Drug Administration, agreeing to accept the application for clinical trial of the 20-valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine developed by Minhai Biotechnology: I. Main contents of the acceptance notice Product Name: 20-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine Application: domestic production of drugs registered for clinical trials Applicant: Beijing Minhai Biotechnology Co. Ltd. Acceptance No.: CXSL2400053 According to the “People’s Republic of China Administrative License Law”, Article 32 of the provisions of ...
INNOCARE Pharmaceuticals Limited (the “Company” or “INNOCARE”) is currently in the clinical phase of registration of its innovative drug zurletrectinib (ICP-723). zurletrectinib (ICP-723) has shown favorable safety and efficacy in adult and adolescent (12 to 18 years old) patients. zurletrectinib (ICP-723) has demonstrated a favorable safety and efficacy profile in adults and adolescents (12 to 18 years of age), and has recently completed the first case of administration in a pediatric patient (2 to 12 years of age), initiating the first clinical study in a pediatric patient. The main information is announced as follows: I. Introduction of ICP-723 Zurletrectinib (ICP-723) is INNOCARE’s proprietary second-generation pan TRK small molecule inhibitor for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors harboring NTRK fusion genes who have not received TRK inhibitor therapy and who are resistant to first-generation TRK inhibitors. Zurletrectinib (ICP-723) can effectively inhibit not only TRKA, TRKB, and TRKC ...
Xi’an Beilin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (西安碑林药业股份有限公司, Xi’an Beilin), a subsidiary of Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited (Grand Pharma, 0512.HK), recently entered into the second acquisition agreement with Chongqing Duoputai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (重庆多普泰制药股份有限公司). Xi’an Beilin is to acquire 63% equity interest in Chongqing Duoputai Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. (重庆多普泰医药科技有限公司, Duoputai Pharmaceutical Technology) at a consideration of RMB442.26 million following the fulfillment of the relevant conditions. With the completion of the acquisition agreement, Xi’an Beilin will hold a 90% equity interest in Duoputai Pharmaceutical Technology, which will become a subsidiary of Grand Pharma to further consolidate the Group’s market position in the field of cerebro-cardiovascular disease treatment. https://www.grandpharm.com/en/news/grand-pharma-strategically-controls-duoputai-pharmaceutical-technology-strengthening-the-strategic-plan-in-field-of-cerebro-cardiovascular-disease-treatment
The revised user guide offers comprehensive information on the EU legislative framework for medicines, outlining requirements for the development and authorisation of medicines for human and veterinary use. It follows the chronological stages of medicine development, and has become a reference source of information for SME and academic developers, supporting them to navigate the system of medicine regulation in the EU. The new release incorporates significant updates to reflect major changes in the EU’s legal and regulatory framework for human and veterinary medicines: Veterinary Regulation: the document has been fully revised to align with the veterinary regulation Clinical Trials Regulation (new section 4.4): provides an overview of the clinical trial regulation and Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) Medical Devices Regulation (new section 4.8): offers insights into the medical devices regulation for human medicines Other important new sections/subsections include: IT Systems (section 1.3): An overview of common platforms, systems, and databases ...
The FDA’s letter demanding a labeling change for Gilead Sciences’ Tecartus temporarily went missing on the agency’s website Tuesday. Turns out, the FDA didn’t drop the CD19 CAR-T from a classwide safety alert list. Instead, the agency has adjusted the wording of a proposed boxed warning. In a revised letter (PDF) dated Jan. 23, the FDA is still pressing Gilead’s cell therapy unit Kite Pharma to include new language about the risk of T-cell malignancies in the black-box warning section of Tecartus’ label. But unlike its proposed boxed warning for other commercial CAR-T therapies, the FDA’s updated letter for Tecartus no longer names Tecartus patients specifically as having experienced T-cell malignancies. The FDA apparently took some time before uploading the new letter after taking down the original one, dated Jan. 19. The missing letter for Tecartus caused a brief period of confusion because the FDA says in all letters to ...
Dangerously low levels of blood sugar—attributed to counterfeit versions of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic—hospitalized three people in the United States last year, the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) told Reuters. In all last year, the AAPCC revealed that there were 3,316 calls from users of semglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic. It was more than double the number of calls from the previous year and a 15-fold increase from 2019, according to CNN. Most of the calls were for severe episodes of the commonly known side effects of semaglutide, which include nausea, vomiting and stomach pain. Most cases were resolved with intravenous fluids and nausea medications. Of the three dangerous U.S. cases of low blood sugar, also known as hypoglycemia, the AAPCC suspected the users were supplied with fake versions of semaglutide. All three cases were reported from the same regional poison control center, of which there are 55 ...
Two months after announcing an inquiry into reports of new cancers in patients treated with CAR T-cell therapies, the FDA is directing makers of these therapies to add new safety warnings to product labels describing this risk. Companies have 30 calendar days to comply. By FRANK VINLUAN Post a comment / at 7:04 PM Stricter safety warnings are coming for the cancer treatments known as CAR T-therapies. The FDA is instructing makers of the six approved cell therapies in the class to revise their labels to state that these treatments for cancer come with the risk of causing new cancers. The labels of CAR T-therapies already come with black box warnings that alert physicians and patients of risks that include an excessive immune response and neurotoxicity. Letters sent to the drugmakers last Friday instruct them to add additional language to the boxed warning stating that T cell malignancies have occurred following the treatment of ...
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