After providing an emergency approval to use malaria drugs against coronavirus with little actual evidence of their efficacy or safety in that setting, the FDA has already proven that it has set aside the gold standard when it comes to the pandemic. And now regulators have spelled out a new approach to speeding development that promises immediate responses in no uncertain terms — promising a program offering the ultimate high-speed pathway to Covid-19 drug approvals.

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With the busiest days of June now behind us, we’re starting to think seriously about the second half of the year. In August, we have scheduled a special report where Endpoints will compile a list of the 20 most influential R&D executives in biopharma. Know a luminary who should definitely be included? Nominate them now.

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For years, innovation in oncology has been a crapshoot with Big Pharma — the whales at the table — dropping the big bucks for the key to the next generation of tumor fighters. Bristol Myers Squibb hasn’t exactly made a name for being an innovator in the space, but that doesn’t mean it won’t splash in when it sees a potential winner.

Now, with a massive check in hand, the drugmaker is willing to put its intuition to the test.

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While Sen. Joe Manchin’s opposition to Janet Woodcock as Biden’s choice for FDA commissioner has been known for months, the West Virginia Democrat spelled out more detailed concerns in a new letter to President Biden on Thursday.

“Dr. Woodcock is not the right person to lead the FDA,” Manchin, an influential centrist, writes, while noting the agency has been without permanent leadership for about five months.

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The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled a new plan to invest more than $3 billion into speeding new antivirals to treat Covid-19.

The plan will allow NIH to evaluate, prioritize and advance antiviral candidates to Phase II clinical trials, using contractors and the NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences laboratories to de-risk early stage development.

“New antivirals that prevent serious COVID-19 illness and death, especially oral drugs that could be taken at home early in the course of disease, would be powerful tools for battling the pandemic and saving lives,” said NIAID director Anthony Fauci.

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