This is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you need to refer to certain developments that have occurred prior to the time of writing. For example: "In response to these developments, the government has implemented a new policy."
Ancillary services soon arose in response to these developments.
The personnel cuts, announced by Mr. Putin this week, come partly in response to these developments.
Partly in response to these developments, Guatemalans elected a retired army general, Otto Pérez Molina, of the Patriotic Party, president in November 2011.
In response to these developments, the Green Party, the junior partner in the ruling coalition with Fianna Fáil, called for early elections in January 2011.
Now just 36, Steve Phillips is representative of a generation of executives who have emerged in response to these developments, refining the role of the general manager; it is their job, simply put, to allot the owners' resources wisely.
Perhaps partly in response to these developments or perhaps for more purely internal reasons, the Ionian Greek cities on the west coast of Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule in 500 bc.
In response to those developments, a group led by Asher B. Edelman, the New York investor, began a hostile $888 million bid for the company.
But the nature of our leadership must also change in response to these policy developments.
In response to these new developments, several attempts have been made to identify and appraise geotechnical hazards and to represent them in the form of zoning maps, in which locations or zones with different levels of hazard potential are identified.
In response to these extraordinary developments, al-Awlaki's father, Naseer al-Awlaki, sued CIA Director Leon Panetta and Defense Secretary Robert Gates with the support of the American Civil Liberties Union.
"County management is aware of the potential for targeted, isolated work actions in response to these latest developments," Sommers said.
