Pink Sheet reporters and editor discuss the implications of Amylyx following through on its pledge to remove Relyvrio from the market after its trial failed, an FDA idea to bring potential biomarkers for promising allergy and asthma treatments to advisory committees, and Japan’s PMDA opening an office in Washington D.C.

Pink Sheet reporters and editor discuss the upcoming US Supreme Court arguments on mifepristone access, the SCOTUS reaction to the fight against misinformation, and the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee going against three negative product reviews.

AZ’s move follows Boehringer’s announcement earlier this month and parallels what insulin sponsors did – but almost in reverse. For inhalers, political pressure on out-of-pocket costs has produced copay caps in the commercial market first, not Medicare.

Pink Sheet reporters and editor discuss Vanda’s decision to sue the FDA over the rejection of the Hetlioz jet lag indication, Mark Cuban’s comments at a White House event that the federal government and others should stop doing business with the big three PBMs, and the cut in non-user fee dollars in the FY 2024 FDA appropriations bill.

Agency anticipated receiving more applications for the program, which aims to bring Operation Warp Speed-like response to investigational rare disease therapies, than it has so far, though a last-minute ‘flood’ is still expected. CBER and CDER are accepting requests through 1 March.

Offering a regulatory Mt. Rushmore to place the outgoing principal deputy commissioner in historical context.