Johnson & Johnson Vision announced today that it received Health Canada approval for its Acuvue Theravision drug-eluting contact lens. Jacksonville, Fla.-based J&J Vision’s Acuvue Theravision with Ketotifen is touted as the first and only vision-correcting contact lens that relieves allergic eye itch through drug delivery. The company received Japanese approval for the lens last month. […]
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J&J Vision wins Japanese approval for first drug-releasing contact lens
Johnson & Johnson Vision announced that it received approval in Japan for its Acuvue Theravision lens with Ketotifen. The company touts the lens as the first and only vision-correcting contact lens that relieves allergic eye itch through drug delivery, according to a news release. Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) approved the lens, […]
FDA approves oral multiple sclerosis treatment from J&J’s Janssen unit
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) unit Janssen Pharmaceutical announced today that it received FDA approval for its Ponvory treatment. Ponvory (ponesimod) is a once-daily, oral selective sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P1) modulator for treating adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). It’s areas of treatment include clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease and active secondary progressive disease, […]
AbbVie gains U.S. nod for $63B Allergan takeover
Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) has won U.S. antitrust approval for its purchase of Allergan (NYSE:AGN) for $63 billion in cash and stock. The purchase is seen as a hedge against the impending expiration of U.S. patents on AbbVie’s blockbuster drug, Humira. North Chicago-based AbbVie announced the deal in June 2019, but ran up against U.S. Federal Trade Commission […]
J&J’s Ethicon wins clearance for devices to deliver Grifols surgical sealant
Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon has won FDA clearance for airless spray devices to deliver Grifols’ fibrin sealant to stop surgical bleeding, the companies announced today. The Vistaseal fibrin sealant will be the first product Grifols (NSDQ:GRFS) is introducing with Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Ethicon as part of a global partnership. The 510(k) clearance covers three Vistaseal […]
FDA approves J&J’s nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression
The FDA has approved Johnson & Johnson‘s (NYSE:JNJ) esketamine nasal spray for people living with treatment-resistant depression. The company’s product, Spravato, is an intranasal formulation of ketamine – a horse tranquilizer that is also known as Special K. The drug won support for approval from an FDA advisory committee earlier this year. Spravato is the […]
FDA committee backs J&J’s nasal spray for depression
An FDA advisory committee has voted to support Johnson & Johnson‘s (NYSE:JNJ) Spravato esketamine nasal spray product as a therapy for adults living with treatment-resistant depression. J&J’s Janssen touted that if the U.S. regulatory agency decides to approve Spravato, it would be the first medicine in 30 years to sport a new mechanism of action […]
Here are the pharma companies accused of blocking generic competition
To prove a generic drug is as safe and effective as the branded version, pharmaceutical companies have to hand over upwards of 1,000 doses of the product to a generic developer. But if the manufacturer creating the generic drug cannot get its hands on enough sample, the development and testing process slows down. It could […]
Layoffs ahead for nearly 300 in Pennsylvania as J&J winds down Animas
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) plans to lay off nearly 300 workers in Pennsylvania as it winds down its Animas insulin pump business. The layoffs for 297 are slated for Animas operations in West Chester and Wayne, Pa., effective Dec. 15, according to a notice filed with the Commonwealth’s Dept. of Labor & Industry. J&J announced the […]
