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Recon: FDA approves Acadia’s Rett syndrome drug; Pfizer to buy Seagen for $43B

ReconRecon | 13 March 2023 |  By 

Recon: FDA approves Acadia’s Rett syndrome drug; Pfizer to buy Seagen for $43B

Welcome to Regulatory Reconnaissance, your regulatory news and intelligence briefing.
 
In Focus: US
  • FDA approves first treatment for Rett syndrome, a genetic neurological disease (STAT) (Reuters) (Endpoints)
  • GSK’s $100M ADC net in doubt after fatality in first trial of Mersana’s cancer therapy (Fierce) (Endpoints)
  • Silicon Valley Bank customers to have all funds accessible, US says, easing biotech and tech turmoil (Endpoints)
  • Bristol Myers, Pfizer, AbbVie drugs likely to face U.S. price negotiation (Reuters)
  • FDA Action Alert: Apellis, Pfizer. Biogen/Ionis (BioSpace)
  • The second age of psychedelic therapies for mental health (STAT)
  • Deaths From PSA-Detected Prostate Cancer Low at 15 Years, no Matter the Treatment (MedPage Today)
  • Prostate cancer treatment can wait for most men, study finds (STAT)
In Focus: International
  • Don’t Reveal Patients’ Safety Data Just Because They Have, Trial Sponsors Told (Pink Sheet)
  • Sanofi throws down $2.9B to acquire diabetes partner Provention Bio (Fierce) (Bloomberg) (Endpoints) (Reuters)
  • EMA Dismisses Claims That RWD Is The ‘Wrong Remedy’ For Drug Development Challenges (Pink Sheet)
  • EMA Wants To Engage With Developers Of Psychedelic Substances (Pink Sheet)
  • EU Wants ‘Written Guarantees’ From UK On New Medicine Rules (Pink Sheet)
  • UK biopharma body praises bank for keeping doors open at life science startups by rescuing SVB UK (Fierce)
Pharma & Biotech
  • Pfizer to buy Seagen for $43B, ending long-running M&A saga for biotech (Endpoints) (Reuters) (MedWatch)
  • Carl Icahn takes proxy fight to Illumina: report (Endpoints) (Reuters)
  • Vivasure Medical Announces FDA IDE Approval to Initiate U.S. Pivotal Study (BioSpace)
  • Calliditas plans to file for full approval for rare kidney disease drug following PhIII data (Endpoints)
  • The top 10 drugs losing US exclusivity in 2023 (Fierce)
  • Report Shows Expected Uptick in Layoffs and Collaboration across BioPharma (BioSpace)
  • Biogen’s Samantha Budd Haeberlein, an architect of Aduhelm, leaves company (STAT)
  • In busy year with Haleon spinoff and Zantac lawsuits, GSK CEO Emma Walmsley scored slight pay raise (Fierce)
Medtech
  • Silicon Valley Bank’s swift collapse appears to have left established medtech firms untouched (MedTech Dive)
  • Stack Of New And Revised EU MDR and IVDR Guidances In The Pipeline (MedTech Insight)
  • France Latest Country To Introduce Digital Medtech Reimbursement Fast-Track (MedTech Insight)
  • Released: Germany’s Digital Strategy Will Transform Health And Care (MedTech Insight)
  • FDA defends delayed EUA for Lucira Health’s combo COVID and flu test amid ‘misinformation’ (Fierce)
  • Baxter issues urgent correction for ventilation system due to risk of oxygen desaturation (MedTech Dive)
  • FDA’s first ‘safer technologies’ nod goes to Endolumik’s glowing tube to guide weight-loss surgeries (Fierce)
Government, Regulatory and Legal
  • Moderna loses bid to shift liability in COVID-19 vaccine patent case (Reuters)
  • Allergan Tells SCOTUS That Whistleblower Waived Fraud Argument (Bloomberg)
  • Gilead Sciences, after long battle against HIV drug fraudsters, scores $175.2M in judgements (Fierce)
  • Biogen And Millennium May Be Ensnared In Tentacles Of Genentech’s Expired Cabilly Patent (Pink Sheet)
  • Sun Pharma’s $75 Million Deal Gets Nod in Drug Antitrust Case (Bloomberg)
  • Medtech groups lose challenge to digital piracy rule in device repair case (MedTech Dive)
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