Regulatory

According to GlaxoSmithKline and Innoviva, the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion regarding wider use of the Trelegy Ellipta fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/ vilanterol DPI in moderate-to-severe COPD. Trelegy… Read more . . .

Acorda Therapeutics has announced that the PDUFA date for review of its NDA for the Inbrija levodopa DPI for the treatment of symptoms during OFF periods in Parkinson’s disease patients has been changed from October… Read more . . .

The FDA has issued dozens of new product-specific draft guidances for generic drug development, including a draft guidance for dry powder formulations of albuterol sulfate. The guidance covers development of generic equivalents to Teva’s ProAir… Read more . . .

Biohaven Pharmaceuticals said that it has filed an investigational new drug application for its BHV-3500 intranasal calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist, which it is developing for the prevention and treatment of migraine. BHV-3500, which… Read more . . .

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals announced that it has received marketing approval from German authorities for its generic version of Seretide Accuhaler and said that the product will be marketed in Germany as “Salflutin.” The company acquired development… Read more . . .

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical has submitted an NDA for esketamine nasal spray for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression in adults, the company said. Janssen said that it plans to submit an MAA to… Read more . . .

insys Therapeutics’ epinephrine nasal spray for the treatment of anaphylaxis has received Fast Track designation from the FDA, the company said. In June 2018, Insys said that a Phase 1 study of the nasal spray… Read more . . .

Medical Developments International (MVP), which announced in July 2018 that it was expecting a clinical hold letter from the FDA regarding its US clinical program for its Penthrox methoxyflurane inhaler, said that it has now… Read more . . .

The FDA has granted fast track designation to NeuroproteXeon (NPXe) and Mallinckrodt’s inhaled xenon gas for the treatment of post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS), the companies said. A Phase 3 trial of inhaled xenon for that… Read more . . .

Evoke Pharma has announced that the FDA has accepted the company’s 505(b)(2) NDA for Gimoti metoclopramide nasal spray for the treatment of acute and recurrent diabetic gastroparesis in adult women, which Evoke submitted in June… Read more . . .