December 18, 2024
A D.C. Circuit panel upheld federal regulators' refusal to streamline approval of a drug to treat nausea in patients with a chronic gastric condition, ruling that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was right to consider the drug's development plan when deciding whether it qualified for fast tracking.
September 25, 2024
A panel of D.C. Circuit judges grilled an attorney for Vanda Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday over claims Vanda's gastroparesis drug was improperly denied fast-track designation by the Food and Drug Administration, questioning why the company declined to complete animal toxicological studies even after the FDA paused the drug's human trials.