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Breakthrough Therapy Rescission Guidance

FDA publishes a draft guidance explaining how it periodically assesses drugs that have been granted breakthrough therapy designation and rescinds thos...

Human Drugs

Rigorously Scrutinize Accelerated Approval Program: Kumar

University of Illinois psychiatry professor Anand Kumar calls on FDA to closely reevaluate the accelerated approval program to be sure it only uses bi...

Medical Devices

Medtronic Class 1 Recall of HeartWare HVAD Batteries

Medtronic recalls (Class 1) one lot of batteries for its HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device due to welding defects that allow separation of the two c...

FDA General

House Appropriators Approve $341 Million FDA Boost for 2023

The House Appropriations Committee votes 31 to 26 to approve an FDA spending bill for fiscal year 2023 that will boost the agencys discretionary fundi...

Human Drugs

Non-Penicillin Beta-Lactam Drug Guidance

FDA publishes a draft revising a 2013 guidance on a CGMP framework for preventing cross-contamination in non-penicillin beta-lactam drugs.

Medical Devices

Baxter Volara System Recall is Class 1

FDA says the Baxter Healthcare recall of its Volara system due to risk of respiratory distress in home use is Class 1.

Human Drugs

Court Approves Edge Pharm Injunction

The Vermont federal court approves a consent decree of permanent injunction against Colchester, VT-based Edge Pharm, a compound pharmacy accused of ma...

Medical Devices

FDA Clears Medtronic LigaPASS

FDA clears the Medtronic LigaPASS ligament augmentation system.

Human Drugs

Expanded Indication for Mercks Vaxneuvance

FDA approves an expanded indication for Mercks Vaxneuvance (pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine) to include children six weeks through 17 years o...

Human Drugs

Draft New Compounding MOU: Association Exec

Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding CEO Scott Brunner calls on FDA to abandon current efforts to draft a drug compounding memorandum of understanding wi...