Keytruda is now allowed only for the patients whose tumor expression levels of the biomarker PD-L1 meet a combined positive score of 10 or higher. Tecentriq can only be used where PD-L1 immune cells can cover only 5% or more of their tumor area.
When the FDA approved this drug, there was an additional demand from the FDA to conduct post-marketing studies and assess the drug’s safety. Recently, a non-profit consumer advocacy group sent a petition requesting that the FDA should eliminate the drug from the U.S. pharma market since the drug shows significant risk of cardiovascular diseases.
The U.S. healthcare system and the FDA have been affected by manufacturing issues at one of the largest U.S. drugmakers, Pfizer. The company’s Hospira unit is the largest producer of injectable opioid analgesics used in hospitals.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for a request made by DreaMed regarding their artificial intelligence-enabled diabetic software, which is exclusively meant for the providers, who are managing Type 1 diabetes patients.
DyAnsys’ Drug Relief, a wearable that is worn around the patient’s ear, is a neurostimulation therapy that helps to relieve the symptoms of opioid withdrawal such as depression, anxiety and cravings.
Healthcare industry stakeholders say the FDA should consider a type of measuring stick when evaluating a vendor’s cybersecurity culture to decide whether it meets the requirements for the agency’s proposed fast-past program for premarket approval of "software as a medical device" products (SaMD). Until the end of the last month, the FDA accepted proposals on its working model for a SaMD pre-approval program
The recent research that achieved the FDA approval for Mircera, had 64 patients, aged between 5 to 17 years old who suffered from chronic kidney disease (CKD) and were on kidney dialysis at the beginning of the study.
Last year the FDA inspected the AbbVie North Chicago manufacturing site during which time they discovered that the company failed to do a proper investigation on five death complaints received relating to Humira and Venclexta treatments. Though the drug maker reported the deaths, it didn’t collate the historical data of the lots in question. It was later discovered that the lots were tied to another 8 to 10 deaths.
Scott Gottlieb, FDA Commissioner is looking for help from Facebook and Twitter to slow down the unauthorized opioid sales in the US. Gottlieb invited the two social media giants, among others, to participate in the FDA Online Opioid Summit which is set for June 27.
This will be the second recall on a heart device this month Medtronic’s Heartware device and accessories was recalled a few days ago. This comes after Abbott issued a patch to negate cybersecurity issues 350,000 remote monitoring systems and pacemakers.
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