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Gilead gets cell therapy boost with FDA clearance of Maryland factory
Dive Brief: Gilead can manufacture supplies of its cancer cell therapy Yescarta from a new factory in Maryland, after the Food and Drug...

FDA names new head to vaccine review office
The Food and Drug Administration has appointed a new vaccine review head, naming the top scientist at a global public health non-profit to...

Akorn's Amityville Plant Draws Critiques From FDA
Dive Brief: Generic drug manufacturer Akorn on Thursday disclosed receipt from the Food and Drug Administration of a Form 483 inspection form...

Pfizer planning steep price hike for COVID-19 vaccine
Pfizer is considering hiking the price of its COVID-19 vaccine by roughly four times what it currently charges as it prepares for sales in the...

FDA approves Sanofi's long-lasting hemophilia drug
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new hemophilia therapy that has the potential to be a more convenient option for some...

Gene editing startup iECURE returns to investors for fresh funding
Philadelphia-based gene editing startup iECURE has raised $65 million in additional Series A venture funding, the company announced...

Mainstreaming cell and gene therapy – Realizing its potential
Mainstreaming cell and gene therapy clinical trials Cell and gene therapies (CGT) are starting to live up to their promise, not only to create...

FDA grants speedy review to Sarepta's Duchenne gene therapy
The Food and Drug Administration has started the first regulatory review of a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the treatment’s...

FDA approves drugs from Gilead, Roche, TG Therapeutics to close 2022
The Food and Drug Administration’s main office for reviewing new medicines cleared 37 in 2022, closing out the year with approvals of treatments...

FDA Reports First Drug Shortage Due to Coronavirus Impact
Dive Brief: For the first time, supplies of a drug have run short in the U.S. as a result of problems tied to the spread of the new coronavirus,...