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Recon: Biogen CEO to step down as drugmaker curbs spending on Alzheimer’s drug; FDA restructures device center, adding two health tech offices

ReconRecon | 03 May 2022 |  By 

Recon: Biogen CEO to step down as drugmaker curbs spending on Alzheimer’s drug; FDA restructures device center, adding two health tech offices

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In Focus: US
  • Another Pfizer gene therapy is free of FDA hold, but delay continues (Fierce)
  • A year after CRL, Acadia is going back to bat for Nuplazid at the FDA (Endpoints)
  • As expected, FDA spikes down Axsome migraine med, but issues are ‘addressable’ (Fierce)
  • Shared First Interchangeable Biosimilar Exclusivity May Be Allowed Under US FDA User Fee Bill (The Pink Sheet)
  • Bipartisan letter to Merrick Garland warns of opioid overdose drug shortages (Endpoints)
  • Is the FDA taking advice from its expert panels? A new analysis points to inconsistencies in the process (STAT)
  • Aduhelm Label Update Includes Seizure Risk And Recommends More MRIs (The Pink Sheet)
  • Moderna’s COVID-19 Second Booster Authorization Largely Thanks To Pfizer/BioNTech Data (The Pink Sheet)
  • Califf On Getting Someone Younger Than 70 To Take FDA Commissioner Job (The Pink Sheet)
  • Paxlovid’s failure as a preventative measure raises questions, but doctors still back it as a therapeutic (STAT)
In Focus: International
  • Medicines Access In Ukraine Severely Hit By Ongoing Conflict (The Pink Sheet)
  • EU Ready to Spend $2.6 Billion on Hub for Health-Care Data (Bloomberg)
  • At least 228 probable cases of child hepatitis so far: WHO (Reuters)
  • Pfizer keeps COVID sales forecast unchanged as pandemic curbs ease (Reuters)
  • WHO to hold urgent meeting on Ukraine invasion's health impact (Reuters)
  • UN committee urges wealthy nations to honor human rights and widen access to Covid vaccines (STAT)
Pharma & Biotech
  • Bayer wins U.S. priority review of drug against metastatic prostate cancer (Reuters) (Financial Post)
  • Biogen to replace CEO as it ‘substantially’ curbs spending on its Alzheimer’s drug (STAT) (Reuters) (Biospace)
  • Pfizer Leans Heavily on COVID-19 Vaccine, Treatments in Q1 (Biospace)
  • Biotech’s biggest investor is prepping a whopping $4.75B wager on the future of the industry (Endpoints)
  • Genesis and Lilly Ink AI Collab Worth Up to $670M  (Biospace)
  • Tackling toxicity, Tubulis lands $63M to advance ADC pipeline spearheaded by Adcetris rival (Fierce)
  • Bad news from FDA prompts Spero to lay off 75% of staff, drop UTI drug (Fierce) (Biospace) (Endpoints)
  • 5AM, Avidity, Fidelity lead $100M infusion into next-gen, targeted complement approach (Endpoints)
  • What Scientists Know About the Unusual Hepatitis Cases in Children (New York Times)
  • Wait, what? Oracle tech founder Larry Ellison invests into ex-stealth genomics diagnostics biotech (Endpoints)
  • Pliant Therapeutics Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for PLN-74809 for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (Biospace)
Medtech
  • FDA Expands OPEQ ‘Super Office’; Splits In Vitro Diagnostics, Radiological Health Office In Two (MedTech Insight) (Inside Health Policy)
  • CDRH proposes requirement for Philips to submit recall plan for sleep-apnea, ventilator devices (MedTech Dive)
  • New IVDR Notified Body Named After A Nine-Month Gap (MedTech Insight)
  • FDA Clears J&J’s Ethicon Monarch Robotic System For Urology Procedures (MedTech Insight)
  • Wearable, AI-powered whole breast ultrasound system cleared by the FDA (Fierce)
  • FDA plays tooth fairy, awards clearance to VideaHealth’s cavity spotting AI (Fierce)
  • Nanox nets FDA clearance for osteoporosis and spine fracture AI (Fierce)
Government, Regulatory & Legal
  • Fifth individual charged in conspiracy to steal GlaxoSmithKline trade secrets, faces up to 10-year sentence (Endpoints) (Biospace)
  • Teva, Lupin Settle Patent Suit on Austedo Movement Disorder Drug (Bloomberg)
  • Opioid distributors reach $518 million settlement with Washington state (Reuters)
  • Teva Pharm sees nationwide U.S. opioid settlement in 2022 (Reuters)
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