United States Food and Drug Administration
Elevidys Sales Surge in Sarepta Q2 2025 Despite Safety Concerns
Sarepta Therapeutics; Elevidys; Q2 2025; gene therapy; sales performance; FDA; safety issues; shipment pause
Sarepta Pursues Efficiency Measures Amid $1 Billion Debt Due in 2027
Sarepta Therapeutics; debt 2027; efficiency measures; ELEVIDYS; cost savings; restructuring; financial results 2025; FDA; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; stock decline
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Jazz’s Dordaviprone (Modeyso), the First Treatment for Ultra-Rare Brain Tumor
Dordaviprone; Modeyso; FDA approval; H3 K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma; ultra-rare brain tumor; Jazz Pharmaceuticals; accelerated approval; pediatric brain cancer; Chimerix acquisition; confirmatory trial
Vertex Drops Next-Generation Pain Drug After Phase 2 Failure, Casts Doubt on Broader Journavx Expansion
Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Journavx; VX-993; pain management; acute pain; phase 2 clinical trial; sodium channel inhibitor; non-opioid pain drugs; FDA approval; peripheral neuropathic pain; drug development
Scientists Protest FDA’s Rejection of Replimune’s Tumor Destroying Therapy
Replimune; RP1; FDA rejection; oncolytic immunotherapy; melanoma; clinical trial; IGYNTE study; scientist protest; drug approval; patient heterogeneity
Replimune Awaits FDA Direction After Complete Response Letter for Advanced Melanoma Therapy
Replimune; FDA; Complete Response Letter; RP1; vusolimogene oderparepvec; nivolumab; advanced melanoma; cancer treatment; IGNYTE trial; accelerated approval
Untangling Sarepta’s Gene Therapy Fallout and Trust Deficit
Sarepta Therapeutics; gene therapy; Elevidys; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; limb-girdle muscular dystrophy; patient deaths; FDA; AAVrh74 vector; regulatory action; clinical holds; transparency
Novo Nordisk’s Leadership Shakeup and Wider Implications; Ex-FDA Official Takes Regulatory Role at GSK
Novo Nordisk; leadership shakeup; new CEO; Maziar Mike Doustdar; share price drop; obesity drug market; competition; GSK; regulatory affairs; Former FDA
FDA Approves LENZ Therapeutics’ VIZZ Eye Drop for Presbyopia
FDA approval; VIZZ; LENZ Therapeutics; presbyopia; aceclidine; eye drop; near vision
Regeneron Faces Another FDA CRL for Eylea HD, Predicts August PDUFA Delay
Regeneron; Eylea HD; CRL; FDA; PDUFA; supplemental Biologics License Application; dosing intervals; retinal diseases