In response to the recent controversial European Commission decision to classify products containing cannabidiol (CBD) as “novel foods”, the Cannabis Trades Association UK has begun legal action to challenge the classification. Read more about the controversy and legal proceedings here.
Lifesaving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies could soon move to outpatient settings, easing the financial burden currently felt by providers, according to US FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who said a label change to allow for outpatient treatment under Medicare Part B is in the works.
Attorneys are warning CBD product marketers to be on guard for litigation challenging the authenticity of their claims, the safety of their products and other aspects of their businesses – this after users in the US filed suit as a result of testing positive for THC, which they attribute to defendants’ purportedly THC-free cannabidiol products. So far, suits of this nature have been limited in the US, but the few known cases could be the first waves of an impending tsunami to come. Was it false advertising on the part of the defendants, or did they not know their claims of THC-free CBD products to be untrue? In either case, the cost of litigation could be steep.
At the annual Alliance for Regenerative Medicine’s Cell and Gene Meeting on the Mesa in San Diego, the struggles of setting pricing and reimbursement for these new, one-time treatments, and the opportunities to influence how these new treatments are paid, were a recurring theme.
Traditionally, the subject of logistics has not been considered until late in the development process for cell and gene therapy. Industry experts at the October 2018 Cell and Gene Meeting on the Mesa in San Diego suggest that considering logistics early in the planning stages for cell and gene therapy is a critically important move.
CEOs earned 32- to 215- times that of the median worker at six device companies. Find out which CEO earned $10.8 billion–215 times the median salary–and see how company revenues compare to the CEO/worker pay ratio. The average ratio for the six firms is 150-1: Discover how this compares to other public companies across industries.
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) say they are seeking to improve medical devices reimbursement procedures as the device industry looks for a policy to help breakthrough devices receive temporary and automatic Medicare and Medicaid coverage. Read more here.
It’s payback time for Unilever, as the maker of Schmidt’s deodorants must re-label its products, removing reference to certain wetness-absorption claims. In 2016, Unilever was responsible for making close competitor Colgate’s Tom’s of Maine remove similar claims to their deodorant products at a self-regulatory forum.
Hoping to head off possible rejection of IVDs and medical devices by other countries for items receiving CE marks under the European Union’s Directives for medical devices, the European Commission has issued a fact sheet for third-countries that explains the issue.
The European Commission seems like it will widen the grace period for MDD-approved products to comply with the new Medical Device Regulation (MDR), including Class I medical devices that have never before been reviewed by notified bodies. This extension will allow notified bodies to focus on higher-risk products.
After much speculation and urges of caution related to whether the European Commission would support a proposal to expand the range of products covered by the Medical Device Regulation’s four-year grace period, the European Commission has now said it will support it.
The US Food and Drug Administration is considering how to respond after a contaminant was found in drugs containing, ranitidine, the active ingredient in Sanofi’s Zantac OTC heartburn remedy and multiple generic equivalents. HBW also looks at similar investigations in Europe
The assessment of cosmetic preservative safety continues to be complex and fraught with controversy, as some in the industry look to the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) program to set the record straight about the use of certain cosmetic preservative ingredients.
A Pink Sheet infographic shows how insulins account for the largest category of transition products, with 27 NDAs that will be deemed BLAs in six months as the FDA is addressing the transition of authorized generic insulins to regulation under the PHS act.
Hal Barron, Chief scientific officer at GSK recently spoke about winning the hearts and minds of 10,000 R&D employees and adopting practices from acquired company, Tesaro. Scrip covers the talk topics including how doubters are coming around amid recent successful approvals
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