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Recon: Pharma loses bid to stop states from importing drugs from Canada; EU approves AstraZeneca’s Forxiga for chronic heart failure

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Recon: Pharma loses bid to stop states from importing drugs from Canada; EU approves AstraZeneca’s Forxiga for chronic heart failure

Welcome to Regulatory Reconnaissance, your regulatory news and intelligence briefing.

In Focus: US
  • Biden to push for universal insulin price cap in State of the Union (Politico)
  • The Medicine Is a Miracle, but Only if You Can Afford It (NYTimes)
  • A Technicality Could Keep RSV Shots From Kids in Need (KHN)
  • Kidney dialysis-related infection rates higher in U.S. minorities -report (Reuters)
  • Pharma loses a court battle in its bid to block states from importing drugs from Canada (STAT)
  • Chinese DNA giant’s U.S. affiliate looks to rival Illumina, touting $100 genome and high-power sequencers (STAT)
  • Senators probe telehealth companies for tracking and monetizing sensitive health data (STAT)
  • Former Sen. Richard Burr to join health care practice at law and lobbying firm (STAT)
  • Takeda snags expanded pediatric approval for rare genetic disorder drug (Endpoints)
In Focus: International
  • Angry at Vertex pricing of cystic fibrosis drugs, families in four countries seek to override patents (STAT) (Fierce) (NYTimes)
  • AstraZeneca’s Forxiga approved in EU for chronic heart failure (Pharmafile)
  • Takeda’s dengue vaccine receives MHRA approval for those aged four years and older (PMLive)
  • Farming, pharmaceutical and health pollution fuelling rise in superbugs, UN warns (The Guardian)
  • UK health system, under strain, lays out medtech strategy (MedtechDive)
  • GSK's India unit posts 9% rise in Q3 profit as input costs slump (Reuters)
  • Activist investor rallies Bayer shareholders as pressure on CEO mounts -sources (Reuters)
  • Australian biotech touts a positive mid-stage data readout — with old Shire drug (Endpoints)
Pharma & Biotech
  • Unjustifiable Delays In Generic Competition? Biopharma Contends There Is No Problem (Pink Sheet)
  • Danaher Said to Be Interested in Life Sciences Firm Catalent (Bloomberg)
  • A longtime tracker on pharma R&D productivity takes a post-pandemic plunge back to a bleak reality (Endpoints)
  • Aduhelm Shows Need For More FDA Transparency On Approval Decisions, Surrogate Endpoints, Critics Say (Pink Sheet)
  • Lundbeck shares spike after positive mid-term profit guidance (Reuters)
  • Aldeyra’s sights set on November PDUFA; Synbio startup scores cash (Endpoints)
  • Arrowhead confirms J&J’s plan to dial back hepatitis B drug research (BioPharmaDive)
  • Rocket, putting regulatory roadblocks in its rearview, receives show of confidence in gene therapy from FDA (Fierce)
  • Orexo, leveraging drug delivery tech, seeks FDA approval of nasal high-dose opioid rescue medicine (Fierce)
  • Roche says its C5 inhibitor aced PhIII head-to-head trials with AstraZeneca’s Soliris (Endpoints)
  • Blood stem cell therapy maker Garuda nabs $62M (Endpoints)
Medtech
  • RefleXion overcomes 'unprecedented hurdles' to land FDA nod for biology-guided radiotherapy tech (Fierce)
  • Diagnostic firms turn to restructuring in bid to preserve cash: Goldman (MedtechDive)
  • EU Opening Pandora’s Box With Data Act, Warns Medical Imaging Body COCIR (MedtechInsight)
Government, Regulatory & Legal
  • PTAB Again Axes Cochlear Implant IP After Vidal Remand (Law360)
  • Sanofi responds to patent spat with Amgen as Supreme Court arguments set for March (Endpoints)
  • DC appeals court revives case accusing pharmas of financing terror attacks (Endpoints)
  • Centene warns of hit to fast-growing Medicare Advantage business next year (Reuters)
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