FDA accepts for review an Octapharma BLA for Octaplex, indicated for reversing anticoagulation therapy in patients undergoing vitamin K antagonist therapy with the need for urgent surgery or invasive procedures.
House budget subcommittee chair Robert Aderholt (R-AL) tells FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg that new proposed user fees for inspections as part of the FY 2014 budget request are “not authorized, and the chance of Congress authorizing them seems slim.”
FDA approves CSL Behring’s Kcentra (prothrombin complex concentrate, human) for the urgent reversal of vitamin K antagonist anticoagulation in adults with acute major bleeding.
Citing ischemic colitis concerns, FDA denies a petition to allow ANDAs for generic copies of Braintree’s HalfLytely (10 mg bisacodyl) Bowel Prep Kit product.
An appeals court rules in FDA’s favor and affirms a lower court decision that gave deference to the agency when it decided that a supplemental NDA for AstraZeneca’s was not entitled to any additional marketing exclusivity.