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FDA Approves Iloperidone for Acute Treatment of Manic, Mixed Episodes in Bipolar I

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The drug was previously approved in 2009 to treat schizophrenia.

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STAT+: Two of FDA’s top cancer regulators to depart, heightening worries about drug reviews

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Both deputy directors at the key Food and Drug Administration center that oversees the regulation of cancer drugs plan on departing the agency, sources told STAT Thursday, highlighting the drain on talent at the FDA created by layoffs, uncertainty, and shifts in policy at the agency even as it is set to lay off thousands more people.

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STAT+: Jeff Shuren, medical devices head at FDA, to leave the agency

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Shuren, who spent 28 years at the agency, started his FDA career in the Commissioner’s Office in 1998. He became director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health in 2009 and has served in that position ever since. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: Vape makers see Supreme Court ruling as a weapon in fighting FDA

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Vape manufacturers see the decision as a powerful weapon in their fight against the FDA’s efforts to ban the majority of vapes lining store shelves. The court on Friday overturned a judicial rule, known as the Chevron doctrine, which instructed courts to defer to regulators on certain legal issues.

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Opinion: STAT+: The problem with potential changes to the biosimilar regulatory framework

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Since the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 created a regulatory pathway for biosimilar medicine review in the U.S.,  The FDA took great care to apply appropriate scientific rigor to the development and approval standards. Biosimilars are no longer a new and untested class of medicines.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Woodcock to retire from the FDA; Acrotech urged to speed up confirmatory study of cancer drugs

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They were approved under the FDA accelerated pathway in 2009 and 2014, respectively, for treating a rare form of blood cancer. The  The company’s final study plan was submitted to the FDA in 2022 and is expected to be completed  by 2030 , according to FDA briefing documents published earlier this week.

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STAT+: White House moves closer to a ban on menthol cigarettes, amid intensifying opposition from tobacco companies

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The proposal, which is supported by a range of public health groups but fiercely opposed by cigarette makers, is one of the most consequential tobacco policies coming out of the FDA since the agency was given the authority to regulate tobacco in 2009.