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Novartis Wins First U.S. Review Voucher

by Lisa M. Jarvis
April 20, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 16

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Researchers strategize in a lab at the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, in Singapore.
Credit: Novartis
Researchers strategize in a lab at the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, in Singapore.

Novartis has received FDA approval for Coartem, the first artemisinin-based combination treatment for malaria to be approved in the U.S. In conjunction with the approval, Novartis also wins the first priority review voucher (PRV), a coupon good for expediting the review of any other New Drug Application. PRVs are only awarded with the approval of novel drugs for neglected diseases and can be sold to another firm. FDA introduced the vouchers in 2007 to entice companies to devote research dollars to diseases that primarily affect developing countries (C&EN, Jan. 19, page 38).

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