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FDA mail room ‘failure’ partly to blame for Abbott baby formula fiasco

FDA leadership didn’t ‘receive direct copies of the complaint due to an isolated failure in FDA’s mail room, likely due to COVID-19 staffing issues’

The Independent UK

RBC Capital Slashes Verrica's Price Target After Third Rejection - What's Next?

Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VRCA) was slapped with a third FDA rejection for YCANTH (VP-102) as general contract manufacturing organization challenges continue to plague the approval. RBC Capital Markets has downgraded the stock to Sector Perform from Outperform and lowered the price target from $16 to $4. The analysts note that the issues fall outside of…

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FDA Accepts Review Of Phathom Pharmaceuticals' NDA For Vonoprazan

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review Phathom Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ: PHAT) New Drug Application (NDA) of its lead drug candidate Vonoprazan for the healing of all grades of erosive esophagitis (EE).

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Abbott apologizes for US baby formula shortage

Washington (AFP) - A top Abbott official apologized Wednesday to US families affected by the baby formula shortage, acknowledging the manufacturer of the essential product "let you down."

AFP

3 Low-Beta Stocks to Buy to Combat a Jittery Market

The Fed’s aggressive interest rate increases to tame multi-decade high inflation, and an anticipated economic slowdown, have exacerbated market volatility of late. To protect against the market uncertainties, we think investors should consider investing in low-beta stocks Merck (MRK), Gilead Sciences (GILD), and AmerisourceBergen (ABC). Let’s discuss why.

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FDA Allows Import Of 2M Baby Formula Cans Amid Supply Shortage: Reuters

The FDA is easing regulations to allow infant formula imports from Britain, bringing around 2 million cans onto empty shelves by June to ease a nationwide shortage, Reuters reported. The FDA said it was "exercising enforcement discretion" to allow Britain-based Kendal Nutricare to import certain infant formula products under the Kendamil…

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Citius Pharma To Spinoff Late-Stage Oncology Asset Into New Publicly Traded Firm

Citius Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:CTXR) plans to form a new company (NewCo) focused on developing and commercializing I/ONTAK. A Phase 3 trial was completed in December 2021, and a biologics license application (BLA) is being planned for submission in the second half of 2022. The Company's other pipeline assets, including Mino-Lok, would remain at…

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Elevation Oncology Shares Gain On FDA Fast Track Designation For Seribantumab In Tumor-Agnostic Settings

Elevation Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELEV) received Fast Track designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Seribantumab in tumor-agnostic settings for the treatment of advanced solid tumors that harbor NRG1 gene fusions.

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Millions of imported baby formula cans are heading to the US, FDA says

Millions more cans of baby formula will be available in the U.S. in the coming months, the nation’s Food and Drug Administration said, detailing steps it’s taken to alleviate a shortage that has left families scrambling to figure out how to feed their babies.

Tribune News Service

The Daily Biotech Pulse: Third FDA Rejection For Verrica's Skin Disease Drug, Assembly Bio Terminates Hepatitis B Virus Pact, Consistency Data For Valneva's Chikungunya Vaccine

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours.

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Why Verrica Pharma Shares Are Plunging Today

The FDA has issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) regarding Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc's (NASDAQ:VRCA) marketing application for VP-102 for molluscum contagiosum. The only deficiency listed in the CRL was related to the deficiencies identified at a general reinspection of Sterling Pharmaceuticals Services LLC, the contract manufacturing organization that manufactures Verrica's bulk solution drug product. …

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UK baby milk maker to fly formula to US to help ease shortages

Lake District-based Kendamil steps in after largest producer in US had nationwide recall

The Guardian - UK

71 Biggest Movers From Yesterday

Gainers CynergisTek, Inc. (NYSE: CTEK) shares surged 100% to close at $1.18 on Tuesday after the company entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Clearwater Compliance for roughly $17.7 million.

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Baby milk brand used to wean Prince Louis in 'advanced discussions' to help formula shortage in USA

Kendal Nutricare said it expects to ship 100 trucks to the USA over the next six months

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FDA chief to detail delays inspecting baby formula plant

The head of the Food and Drug Administration is preparing to tell lawmakers about events that led to a months-long gap before inspecting the plant at the center of a nationwide baby formula shortage

Benzinga

SVB Sees Strategic Value In This Stock As M&A Target In Autoimmune Space

SVB Securities initiated coverage on Argenx SE (NASDAQ:ARGX) with an Outperform rating and a $404 price target. Argenx's Vyvgart (efgartigimod) is a neonatal Fc-Receptor (FcRn) antagonist that selectively reduces IgG levels and has the potential to address numerous IgG-mediated autoimmune diseases. According to the analyst, Argenx has demonstrated strong early launch execution for Vyvgart…

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Alnylam's Lumasiran Shows Clinical Benefit In Rare Kidney Disease

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALNY) announced new results from the six-month primary analysis of the ILLUMINATE-C Phase 3 open-label study of lumasiran for primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1). PH1 is a rare disorder that mainly affects the kidneys. It results from the buildup of a substance called oxalate, typically filtered through the kidneys and…

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50 Stocks Moving In Tuesday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers CynergisTek, Inc. (NYSE: CTEK) jumped 100% to $1.18 after the company entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Clearwater Compliance for roughly $17.7 million.

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Cannabis Strain Labels Are Misleading, Research Suggests: Authors Call For Labeling Similar To FDA For Food

Do you know what kind of weed you're smoking? Have you ever wondered how useful labels on cannabis products are, or not?

The Independent UK

US safety, savings rules set stage for baby formula shortage

A massive recall is getting most of the blame for the U.S. baby formula shortage, but experts say the products have long been vulnerable to this type of crisis

Benzinga

RVPH: First Quarter Results

By John Vandermosten, CFA NASDAQ:RVPH READ THE FULL RVPH RESEARCH REPORT

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Ocugen Diversifies Its Pipeline With New Cell Therapy Platform

Ocugen Inc (NASDAQ:OCGN) says it is diversifying its pipeline by introducing a Phase 3 cell therapy platform technology called NeoCart (autologous chondrocyte-derived neocartilage). Recently, the FDA granted a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to NeoCart to repair full-thickness lesions of the knee cartilage in adults. NeoCart is a three-dimensional tissue-engineered disc of…

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FDA Lifts Partial Hold On Alpine Immune's Davoceticept Combo Trial In Advanced Cancer

The FDA has removed the partial clinical hold placed on Alpine Immune Sciences Inc's (NASDAQ:ALPN) NEON-2 trial of davoceticept (ALPN-202) in advanced malignancies. Davoceticept is a first-in-class conditional CD28 costimulator and a dual checkpoint inhibitor. The partial clinical hold was prompted by Alpine's report of patient death in the NEON-2 trial. The trial is evaluating davoceticept…

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Why SpringWorks Shares Are Soaring Today Premarket

SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: SWTX) has announced positive topline results from the DeFi Phase 3 trial evaluating nirogacestat in adult patients with progressing desmoid tumors.

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: INmune Bio's Planned Alzheimer's Trial On FDA Hold, Caladrius Stops Enrollment In Heart Disease Study, BiomX Restructures

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