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BioSpace looks back at 2025 and where the FDA is going in 2026.
The FDA has gained a reputation during the past year for being inconsistently flexible, particularly when it comes to rare diseases. Executives at Rezolute and CERo Therapeutics recently had positive interactions with the agency, in which they told BioSpace reviewers have been “collaborative” and “curious.
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Since the FDA began publishing its rejections of drug approval filings in July last year, companies have become more forthcoming about the details of agency decisions in their own disclosures, according to biopharma and regulatory analysts.
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EmpowerDX, a Eurofins subsidiary, just launched its direct-to-consumer COVID-19 Home Collection Kit in the U.S. through Amazon, making it one of a miniscule number of at-home and over-the-counter kits that are putting detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the hands of patients.
The second half of March is a busy month for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with quite a few PDUFA dates scheduled. Here’s a look at this week’s target action dates.
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The U.S. FDA approved AVEO Oncology’s Fotivda (tivozanib) for adults with relapsed or refractory advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in people who have had two or more previous systemic therapies.
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The U.S. FDA approved Gilead and Kite’s Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) for adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy.
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Roche announced it was voluntarily withdrawing the U.S. indication Tecentriq for in prior-platinum treated metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) after failing to meet endpoints in confirmatory trials.
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The U.S. FDA approved Genentech’s Actemra (tocilizumab) for slowing the rate of decline in pulmonary function in adults with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD).
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KemPharm announced this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its novel ADHD drug for use in patients six years and older.
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The U.S. FDA has decided to put together an advisory committee meeting of outside experts to review a New Drug Application for roxadustat, FibroGen and its partner AstraZeneca’s investigational anemia therapy.
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