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Merck Monday offered to pay out $27.7 million to settle nearly 1,200 personal injury lawsuits claiming its osteoporosis drug Fosamax caused jaw-bone deterioration known as osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). Read More
A federal appeals court has raised the bar for whistleblowers filing False Claims Act (FCA) suits against drugmakers, saying they must provide specific information about the fraudulent claims made, not just broad allegations about a drugmaker’s conduct. Read More
Lawmakers want the FDA to explain how hackers broke in to the CBER online submission system to steal personal user information and what the FDA has done to prevent a recurrence. Read More
The EMA said Friday it is investigating Ariad's leukemia drug Iclusig for the risk of blood clots, the same serious adverse event that prompted an FDA investigation and safety alert. Read More
The FDA has approved Auxilium Pharmaceuticals’ Xiaflex biologic injection for Peyronie’s disease, a deformity of the penis caused by a lump of plaque that results in a curvature of at least 30 degrees. Read More
HHS has approved the overhaul of the FDA's Office of Generic Drugs (OGD), allowing the agency to move most of its functions relating to generic drugs under one roof. Read More
The FDA stands by its allegation that Novartis abused the citizen petition process to stall approval of generic versions of Reclast, and the agency has rejected a company request that it retract its statements from the public record. Read More
Generics makers should design tablets and capsules to be similar in size and shape to their reference listed drug (RLD) when they seek ANDA approval, the FDA says. Read More
The European Commission Dec. 5 granted AstraZeneca (AZ) European marketing permission for its Fluenz Tetra live attenuated intranasal influenza vaccine for patients age 2 to 18. The vaccine is sprayed into each nostril, where its weakened viral strains induce protective immunity. Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Poland’s Główny Inspektorat Farmaceutyczny have agreed to share the results of good manufacturing practice inspections, building on a practice increasingly embraced by regulators around the world. Read More
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