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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Acadia: Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting June 17

 

YouTube broadcast of the meeting:

Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee (PDAC) Live Video

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CDERJune 17, 2022

8:45 am to 4:30 pm
Eastern Time

Please note that due to the impact of
this COVID-19 pandemic, all meeting
participants will be joining this advisory
committee meeting via an online
teleconferencing platform.

Agenda

The meeting presentations will be heard, viewed, captioned, and recorded through an online teleconferencing platform. The committee will discuss supplemental new drug applications 210793-s008 and 207318-s011, efficacy supplement resubmission for NUPLAZID (pimavanserin) tablets, submitted by Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc., for the proposed treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with Alzheimer's disease psychosis.

Meeting Materials

FDA intends to make background material available to the public no later than two (2) business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post the background material on its website prior to the meeting, the background material will be made publicly available on FDA’s website at the time of the advisory committee meeting. Background material and the link to the online teleconference meeting room will be available at 2022 Meeting Materials, Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link. The meeting will include slide presentations with audio components to allow the presentation of materials in a manner that most closely resembles an in-person advisory committee meeting.

Public Participation Information

Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.

FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this meeting. The docket number is FDA-2022-N-0557. The docket will close on June 16, 2022. Submit either electronic or written comments on this public meeting by June 16, 2022. Please note that late, untimely filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments must be submitted on or before June 16, 2022. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of June 16, 2022. Comments received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery service acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

Comments received on or before June 3, 2022 will be provided to the committee. Comments received after that date but by June 16, 2022 will be taken into consideration by FDA. In the event that the meeting is cancelled, FDA will continue to evaluate any relevant applications or information, and consider any comments submitted to the docket, as appropriate. You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

Submit electronic comments in the following way:

  • Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted electronically, including attachments, to www.regulations.gov will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment does not include any confidential information that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone else’s Social Security number, or confidential business information, such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in the body of your comments, that information will be posted on www.regulations.gov.
  • If you want to submit a comment with confidential information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner detailed (see "Written/Paper Submissions" and "Instructions").

Written/Paper Submissions

Submit written/paper submissions as follows:

  • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
  • For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, as confidential, if submitted as detailed in "Instructions."

Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. FDA-2022-N-0557 for “Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments.” Received comments, those filed in a timely manner, will be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as “Confidential Submissions,” publicly viewable at www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 240-402-7500.

  • Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states "THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION." FDA will review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be available for public viewing and posted on www.regulations.gov. Submit both copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish your name and contact information to be made publicly available, you can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of your comments and you must identify this information as "confidential." Any information marked as "confidential" will not be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA’s posting of comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.

Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in the heading of this document, into the “Search” box and follow the prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern Time. Those individuals interested in making formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before May 25, 2022.

Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by May 26, 2022.

Webcast Information

CDER plans to provide a free of charge, live webcast of the June 17, 2022 Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee meeting. If there are instances where the webcast transmission is not successful, staff will work to re-establish the transmission as soon as possible. Further information regarding the webcast, including the web address for the webcast, will be made available at least 2 days in advance of the meeting at the following website: 2022 Meeting Materials, Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee.

CDER plans to post archived webcasts after the meeting, however, in cases where transmission was not successful, archived webcasts will not be available.

https://www.fda.gov/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-calendar/june-17-2022-meeting-psychopharmacologic-drugs-advisory-committee-meeting-announcement-06172022

Oscar Health cut to Underperform from Neutra; by B of A

 Target to $4.50 from $6

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EU Urges Pfizer To Further Delay COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries

 

  • Amid lower demand, Pfizer Inc  and BioNTech SE  agreed to delay supplies of their Covid-19 shot to the European Union. Doses to be shipped from June to August would be sent in September and Q4.
  • Reuters reports that the bloc is putting heat on Pfizer to restrict supplies further.
  • The move comes two weeks after the EU agreed with Moderna Inc  to postpone its scheduled delivery of COVID-19 vaccines.
  • Responding to a request for comment, a Pfizer spokesperson referenced a previous statement it issued following last month's agreement with the EU.
  • "This amendment rephases planned deliveries to help support the European Commission and member states' ongoing immunization programs and is aligned to the companies' commitment to working collaboratively to identify pragmatic solutions to address the evolving pandemic needs," Pfizer wrote.
  • Reuters reports that Europe is now looking at the same scenario as the U.S., warning that doses will go to waste if Pfizer holds the bloc to its current contract.
  • Poland, the leading country in the attempt for contract revision, has more than 30 million COVID vaccines in stock and would need to buy another 70 million under existing agreements, a Polish diplomat told Reuters, urging changes to avoid waste.
  • Poland and other countries urged a "reduction of the amounts" of vaccines being ordered.

Evoke: GIMOTI® OKd to Florida State Medicaid Program

 Evoke Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOK), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused primarily on treatments for gastrointestinal (GI) diseases with an emphasis on GIMOTI® (metoclopramide) nasal spray, today announced that the Florida Medicaid Pharmaceutical & Therapeutics Committee has approved adding GIMOTI, the Company’s novel treatment solution meant to treat symptoms associated with acute and recurrent diabetic gastroparesis, to the Florida Medicaid Preferred Drug List (PDL) effective immediately.

To prescribe Gimoti under the plan, healthcare providers need to attest to the patient being at least 18 years of age, having a diagnosis of diabetic gastroparesis, and being unable to use oral metoclopramide. These criteria are typical for Gimoti coverage under state Medicaid programs and consistent with Company expectations for utility in helping patients who suffer from this debilitating disease. Patients taking oral metoclopramide are often unable to achieve relief due to a delay in gastric emptying and erratic absorption of oral medication. We believe many patients can benefit from the novel nasal delivery of Gimoti to treat symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. The Florida Medicaid formulary and related programs provide healthcare to approximately 5 million beneficiaries.

With this addition, we are building a strong foundation and momentum for positive access to GIMOTI within Medicaid lives in the US. “We view this addition to the Florida Medicaid PDL as a win for patient access to this important medicine for diabetic gastroparesis patients, who have very limited options to obtain symptomatic relief. In a world where many new products are excluded from formularies and patient access is denied, this decision is a significant commercial milestone for GIMOTI,” stated Matt D’Onofrio, MBA, Evoke Pharma’s Chief Business Officer. “Medicaid approvals across various jurisdictions are one of the primary components of our business plan to increase GIMOTI access. With this addition, we believe we are steadily executing the right strategies to ensure that healthcare providers around the country have the option to make GIMOTI the standard of care for diabetic gastroparesis.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/evoke-pharma-announces-approval-gimoti-123000151.html

Jazz started at Buy by UBS

 Target $194

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FTC launches probe into mental-health startup Cerebral

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun an investigation into SoftBank-backed mental-health startup Cerebral Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a letter the antitrust body sent to the company.

In the letter dated June 1, the FTC said it was investigating whether the company engaged in deceptive or unfair practices related to advertising or marketing of mental-health services, according to the WSJ report.

The letter asked Cerebral to preserve documents and also sought information related to programs where the company continues to bill customers a subscription fee until the customer cancels, the report said.

Cerebral declined to confirm the FTC probe but said it is cooperating with the antitrust body.

The FTC was not immediately available for comment.

The company said in December it had raised $300 million in a funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, lifting its valuation four-fold to $4.8 billion in less than six months after its last capital raise.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/ftc-launches-probe-into-mental-health-startup-cerebral-wsj-2022-06-14/