How do I find due dates for drugs to be approved by the FDA?
May 1, 2009 by admin
I'm interested in investing in a particular company(TWTI) seeking approval for a HPV(Genital Warts) vaccination. I often hear of drugs that are soon to be "judged" by the FDA and a specific date associated with big decision. Where do I find those dates?
The best people to ask this question are those at Third Wave – they certainly want you to invest in their company AND they are the ones with the inside information on things like this. They have an investor relations site and an email form just for asking such questions:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=123192&p=irol-infoReq
Third Wave Technologies "develops and markets molecular diagnostic reagents for a variety of DNA and RNA analysis applications to meet the needs of our customers. The company offers a number of products based on its InvaderĀ® chemistry for clinical testing. Third Wave offers in vitro diagnostic kits, and analyte specific, general purpose, and research use only reagents for nucleic acid analysis."
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=123192&p=irol-IRHome
They have created reagents related to HPV diagnosis:
http://www.twt.com/products/current.htm
If one of their products were up for review by the FDA, it might come under the auspices of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health. However, the FDA does not give out much information about pending approvals to the general public.
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
As for an HPV vaccine, the FDA just approved one, Gardasil, manufactured by Merck:
http://www.fda.gov/womens/getthefacts/hpv.html