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Recon: FDA rejects J&J’s application for injectable lung cancer drug; BD to pay $175M to settle SEC Alaris pump charges
Welcome to Regulatory Reconnaissance, your regulatory news and intelligence briefing.
In Focus: US
Truth-teller or reflexive contrarian: Which Marty Makary would run the FDA? (STAT)
Congress nears deal to rein in PBMs after years of debate (STAT)
Pharmacy benefits managers should be worried (STAT)
How a duty to spend wisely on worker benefits could loosen PBMs' grip on drug prices (Endpoints)
Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a third person, moving xenotransplants closer to trials (STAT)
BD to pay $175M to settle charges of misleading investors on Alaris pump (MedTech Dive)
Pfizer’s 2025 forecast meets expectations and leaves room for debate (STAT)
Pfizer CEO says he developed 'good relation' with RFK Jr., highlights Trump's pride in vaccine work (Fierce Pharma)
Trump's pick for health secretary, RFK Jr, supports polio vaccination, US senator says (Reuters)
US FDA declines to approve injection form of J&J's lung cancer drug (Reuters)
In Focus: International
Teva, Sanofi say bowel disease drug met primary targets (Reuters) (Endpoints)
EU Works Towards Phased Implementation Of Electronic Product Information (Pink Sheet)
New Swiss Paper Outlines Safety Measures For FIH, Early Phase I Studies (Pink Sheet)
Great Britain Pre-Market Device Regulations Reset For Late 2025 (MedTech Insight)
Indivior reshuffles board under Oaktree pressure (Reuters)
Congo's health ministry says unknown disease is severe malaria (Reuters)
Pharma & Biotech
Who stood out as Best Biopharma CEO of 2024? (STAT)
Chicago’s biotech scene is growing up. What’s fueling it? (Endpoints)
Affimed’s early lung cancer data disappoint; Indapta's $22M round (Endpoints)
Obesity giants will begin $80 bln M&A face-off (Reuters)
Merck winds down TIGIT, LAG-3 programs meant to temper Keytruda erosion (Endpoints)
Health tech investing during Trump 2.0 (Endpoints)
UCB, Novartis say a Phase 2a Parkinson's study failed (Endpoints)
Exclusive: Cell therapy startup Shinobi adds Borges as science chief, Katz as top medical officer (Endpoints)
Analysts Tell Moderna Investors to Hold After 2024’s Steep Drop (BioSpace)
Postmarket Studies A Good Fit For Pragmatic And Decentralized Elements (Pink Sheet)
Medtech
Boston Scientific recalls Accolade pacemakers tied to 2 deaths (MedTech Dive)
PFA to surpass radiofrequency ablation in 2025: Citi survey (MedTech Dive)
Zimmer receives FDA nod for stemless shoulder implant (MedTech Dive)
FDA’s Third Party Review Program is Ready for the Next Pandemic, not the LDT Final Rule (FDA Law Blog)
Government, Regulatory & Legal
Novo Holdings is set to close its $16.5 billion acquisition of Catalent after FTC declines to challenge the deal (STAT)
Sanofi is the latest drug company to sue HHS over payment terms for 340B hospitals (STAT)
Trump’s CMS Inherits Medicare Price ‘Facilitator’ System Build Out; Should Pharma Be Worried? (Pink Sheet)
Sandoz shells out $275M in latest effort to move past 'legacy' price-fixing litigation (Fierce Pharma)
Doctors weigh in on GLP-1s: The impact of celeb endorsements, the indications they’re hoping for and more (Fierce Pharma)
Regulatory Recon is our regular intelligence briefing for the regulatory affairs space, bringing you the top regulatory, biopharma and medtech news stories from around the globe. Regulatory Recon is published each week on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
A story’s inclusion in Regulatory Recon does not imply endorsement by Regulatory Focus or RAPS.
Three major pharmaceutical industry groups—two in the US and one in India—have called for changes to the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Scale-Up and Post-Approval Changes (SUPAC) guidelines. They believe these guidelines should be updated to reflect more modern manufacturing methods and better align with International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) standards.
Patients with breast cancer said faster approval times for oncology products, as a trade-off for evidentiary certainty, is most permissible in situations where there are no treatment alternatives, the results from a recent qualitative study suggest.