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Consortium Costs Debated As BARDA, Industry Discuss Plans For Next Pandemic Response

 
• By Bowman Cox

BARDA’s consortium approach scrutinized as industry recovers from US Defense Production Act rated orders. Questions of sustainment fees, interruptible commercial activities explored during BioMaC Industry Day call as agency emphasizes need for proven capacity.

Empty vials on manufacturing line
who will pay to prepare for the next surge? • Source: Alamy

Still smarting from the frustration of scaling up their limited pandemic response capabilities to produce COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics, officials with the US government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, shared insights on a 20 January call regarding the industry input sought to help them decide how to prepare for future pandemics.

The emerging concept is to establish some type of industry consortium that would always be at the ready with facilities the government helped build.

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US FDA’s Familiar Drug Pricing To-Do List

 
• By Michael McCaughan

President Trump’s new Executive Order on drug pricing reprises several policy themes from his first administration, including giving the FDA many tasks intended to increase competition in the marketplace.

US FDA Legislative Lead Calls For User Fee Reforms As Renewal Talks Near

 
• By Sarah Karlin-Smith

Deputy FDA Commissioner Grace Graham acknowledged the importance of user fees, while also calling for restructuring. She also said part of MAHA's mission is to reexamine uses of drugs not supported by data.

Industry Leaders Grapple With Trump’s Most Favored Nation Pricing Plan

 
• By Jessica Merrill

At the Bank of America health care conference, pharma leaders speculated on the impact of Trump’s most favored nation pricing executive order on US and European markets.

US FDA’s Expanded Surprise Foreign Inspections: Impact And Enforcement Hoops

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

As the US FDA expands unannounced foreign inspections building on pilots in India and China, experts expect higher scrutiny of overseas sites and perhaps even an industry shakeout in the longer term, though staffing and enforcement challenges could slow things down.

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US FDA Legislative Lead Calls For User Fee Reforms As Renewal Talks Near

 
• By Sarah Karlin-Smith

Deputy FDA Commissioner Grace Graham acknowledged the importance of user fees, while also calling for restructuring. She also said part of MAHA's mission is to reexamine uses of drugs not supported by data.

Industry Leaders Grapple With Trump’s Most Favored Nation Pricing Plan

 
• By Jessica Merrill

At the Bank of America health care conference, pharma leaders speculated on the impact of Trump’s most favored nation pricing executive order on US and European markets.

Mayne’s Nextstellis Promo Wrong To Suggest Better Safety Than Other Contraceptives, FDA Says

 
• By Sue Sutter

A professional slide deck for the drospirenone/estetrol oral contraceptive inappropriately suggests it is safer than other estrogen-containing products and understates risks, Office of Prescription Drug Promotion said in the first “untitled” letter issued since reductions-in-force.