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In Focus: US

• US FDA advisers weigh Moderna COVID vaccine heart risk for young men (Reuters)
• FDA Advisers Considering Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine for Ages 6 to 17 (WSJ)
• Alnylam wins FDA approval of rare disease drug in step toward profitability (BioPharmaDive)
• Amylyx’s ALS drug would be more cost effective if priced around $170,000, pricing watchdog says (Reuters) (STAT)
• Opinion: Amylyx’s case for approval of its ALS drug isn’t ironclad. Here’s why I think it will still happen (STAT)
• Eli Lilly wins FDA approval for first-ever treatment for hair loss caused by autoimmunity (STAT) (FDA)

In Focus: International

• EU states step up pressure on Pfizer to cut unneeded COVID vaccine supplies (Reuters)
• Canada to suspend vaccine mandates for domestic travel, civil service (Reuters)
• WHO set to decide if monkeypox represents health emergency (Reuters) (STAT)
• EU signs deal with Bavarian Nordic for supply of 110,000 monkeypox vaccines (Reuters)
• Antibiotic drugmakers take steps to self-impose environmental safeguards (Reuters)

Pharma & Biotech

• CBER to industry: Normal operations will resume in 2023 (Endpoints)
• BioNTech’s second act: can it transform the fight against cancer? (FT)
• In early trial, drug shrinks tumors in majority of children with most common form of brain cancer (STAT)
• Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Bill Hitches A Ride With US FDA User Fee Legislation (Pink Sheet)
• While a small sampling, BIO’s third diversity report provides ‘benchmark’ for data-focused industry to further analyze (Endpoints)
• Cannes Lions 2022: Pharma and health creatives eager to return in person, ready to mingle with mainstream ad crowd (Endpoints)
• BridgeBio bounces back? Phase 2 readout provides hope for approval of drug to rebalance calcium levels (Fierce)
• J&J jumps onto Evotec’s receptor platform in drug discovery deal (Fierce)
• With $1B already in for Dren Bio, Pfizer adds to pile in $65M financing (Fierce)
• After backdoor attempt, Stealth will try old-fashioned FDA business meeting to save elamipretide (Fierce)
• German manufacturer hit with Form 483 for multiple production issues (Endpoints)
• Organon inks $103M deal for pertuzumab and denosumab biosimilars (Endpoints)
• Chasing Sage, PureTech’s oral depression drug clears early bioavailability test (Fierce)
• MarketingRx roundup: Pfizer keeps spotlight on JAKs with Cibinqo TV ad; Dexcom amps diabetes awareness in UK effort (Endpoints)
• Boston startup looks to make a big manufacturing push with new funding round (Endpoints)
• Following bispecific deal with Pfizer, quiet California biotech raises $65M, heads to the clinic (Endpoints)
• Ameet Mallik taps fellow Novartis alum to lead business development at ADC Therapeutics (Endpoints)

Medtech

• FDA, MDIC Eye Technology Clearinghouse For Advanced Manufacturing (MedtechInsight)
• ResMed to acquire German health software company MediFox for $1B (MedtechDive)
• Medical device companies to curb spending as recession threat clouds longer-term outlook: analysts (MedtechDive)
• FDA Issues EUA For First Test That Identifies Coronavirus Strains (MedtechInsight)
• Commission Offers Glimpse Of Actions To Speed ​​Up MDR Implementation (MedtechInsight)

Government, Regulatory & Legal

• Klobuchar, Porter call for FTC to investigate price hikes by Janssen, Bristol Myers Squibb (STAT)
• Compounding pharmacy agrees to stop distributing some drugs (AP)
• Takeda Unit Warns Fed. about Antibody Patents At Risk (Law360)

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