FDA Pipeline preview, January 2009 (ceftobiprole, oblimersen, motavizumab, rufinamide, febuxostat, telavancin, ecallantide)

Ojemda will have a wholesale acquisition cost of $33,916 for a 28 day supply and will be distributed through specialty pharmacies Biologics by McKesson and Onco360.

New White Paper looks at the solutions and policy options of how to pay for high-cost gene therapies when there is still so much uncertainty about the outcomes and the durability of clinical benefits.

Dr. Reddy’s is recalling five lots of Javygtor and one lot of generic sapropterin dihydrochloride because discoloration could lead to decreased potency. Sapropterin is used to treat an inherited metabolic disorder.

Lutathera is a radiotherapeutic that is now approved for patients 12 years and older neuroendocrine tumors in the pancreas or gastrointestinal tract.

ImmunityBio’s Anktiva is an antibody cytokine fusion protein approved to treat patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.

Prademagene zamikeracel is a cell therapy designed to incorporate the functional collagen-producing COL7A1 gene into a patient’s own skin cells. The FDA is asking for additional information on manufacturing practices.