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FDA Accepts 2 Melinta NDAs for Skin Infections

FDA accepts for priority review two Melinta Therapeutics NDAs for intravenous and oral Baxdela (delafloxacin) for treating patients with acute bacteri...

Human Drugs

Luminex Assay for Group B Strep Cleared by FDA

FDA clears a Luminex 510(k) for the Aries Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Assay for antepartum detection of GBS colonization in pregnant women.

Cures Law Emphasizes Speed Over Science: Professors

Harvard professors Aaron Kesselheim and Jerry Avorn voice concern about some provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act that put expediency ahead of sci...

Lilly Suggests FDA Drug Communication Research Changes

Lilly suggests improvements to a proposed FDA study on communicating prescription drug risk information in online character-space-limited formats.

Medical Devices

CDRH Releases Expected 2017 Guidance Topics

CDRH asks for comment on lists of guidances it expects to publish in FY 2017 and finalized guidances from earlier years that should be revised or with...

Medical Devices

Vermillion Tests Not Part of Safety Alert: FDA

CDRH director Jeffrey Shuren says that an agency safety communication cautioning against ovarian screening tests for asymptomatic women does not apply...

Medical Devices

FDA Changes Focus of Cybersecurity Guidance: Lawyer

Attorney Allyson Mullen says FDA appears to have changed the focus of its now final guidance on medical device cybersecurity management.

Human Drugs

Acorda Wants FDA Genotoxic Review for Ampyra ANDAs

Acorda asks FDA to carefully review ANDAs for generic Ampyra to ensure that impurities are properly identified and qualified.

Human Drugs

Public Citizen Wants Prandin, Plavix Label Changes

Public Citizen says FDA should order labeling changes to Prandin, Prandimet, and Plavix to reflect a dangerous drug-drug interaction that could cause ...

Federal Register

Workshop Planned on Tick-borne Diseases

Federal Register Notice: FDA announces a 4/6 public workshop entitled Emerging Tick-Borne Diseases and Blood Safety that will discuss tick-borne patho...