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1. FDA launches new clinical trial modernization office within CDER
2. CMS finalizes GLOBE rule as projected Medicare savings fall from $11.9B to $440M
3. Merck, Daiichi scrap FDA application for B7-H3 ADC in lung cancer
4. AbbVie's next-gen dopamine therapy for Parkinson's gets FDA approval
5. Top House advocates for psychedelics hear mixed opinions on provider credentialing
6. New biotech alliance tells Congress to fight for US dominance
7. Egetis Therapeutics' Emcitate cleared by FDA for rare X-linked genetic disease
8. FDA approves Mirum’s drug for ultra-rare soft tissue disease 
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Following President Donald Trump's executive order in the spring, the FDA is looking for input on how to best design early-stage trials of ibogaine, according to a new RFI posted this week. Advocates of this particular psychedelic had the ear of the president ahead of that order in April, namely podcaster Joe Rogan, but the pipeline of actual ibogaine products is relatively thin. Retreats abroad have attracted patients looking to treat PTSD and addictions, among other conditions. The FDA is now seeking public comment "on protocol elements relevant to ibogaine development," including dose selection, safety monitoring and eligibility for trials.

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Max Bayer
Senior Reporter, Endpoints News
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by Max Bayer

The FDA’s fo­cus on speed­ing up new clin­i­cal tri­als has spurred the open­ing of a new of­fice with­in the Cen­ter for Drug Eval­u­a­tion and Re­search...

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CMS chief Mehmet Oz and President Donald Trump at a White House healthcare event on Sept. 18, 2026 (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Images)
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by Max Bayer

The Cen­ters for Medicare & Med­ic­aid Ser­vices fi­nal­ized a demon­stra­tion pro­gram aimed at low­er­ing the prices of drugs in Medicare, but with sig­nif­i­cant­ly low­er ex­pect­ed...

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by Anna Brown

In yet an­oth­er set­back for the Mer­ck/Dai­ichi Sankyo part­ner­ship, the com­pa­nies said they have pulled their ac­cel­er­at­ed ap­proval ap­pli­ca­tion to the FDA for an an­ti­body-drug...

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by Lei Lei Wu

The FDA ap­proved Ab­b­Vie’s tava­padon, a next-gen­er­a­tion ther­a­py for Parkin­son’s dis­ease that's ex­pect­ed to pro­vide the symp­tom re­lief of its pre­de­ces­sors but with few­er side ef­fects...

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by Max Bayer

As psy­che­del­ic drugs inch clos­er to com­mer­cial­iza­tion, two House law­mak­ers are chart­ing a path for­ward for their in­evitable roll­out and what any po­ten­tial ac­com­pa­ny­ing leg­is­la­tion...

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by Zachary Brennan

The Amer­i­can Biotech In­no­va­tion Al­liance took to Capi­tol Hill this week to tell mem­bers of Con­gress that the fight for US dom­i­nance in bio­phar­ma needs...

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by Ayisha Sharma

Egetis Ther­a­peu­tics has se­cured US ap­proval of its drug for a rare dis­ease that short­ens life ex­pectan­cy to 35 years.

The FDA on Mon­day backed...

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