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While the FDA did not announce the recipient names of the Commissioner’s National Priority Vouchers, the agency’s descriptions of the awarded products match those in development at Compass Pathways, Transcend Therapeutics and Usona Institute.
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After Replimune’s advanced melanoma drug was rejected for a second time, CEO Sushil Patel slammed the FDA for failing to exercise regulatory flexibility, while other experts bemoaned the agency’s lack of consistency. With new safety guidelines for gene editing therapies, the FDA has taken a first step toward fixing both problems.
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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The FDA rapidly reviewed and approved the medication under the FDA’s Real-Time Oncology Review (RTOR) and Assessment Aid pilot program.
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In September 2018 a leap forward in treating burn victims was made with the approval of Avita Medical’s RECELL Autologous Cell Harvesting Device. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) green lit the California-based company’s burn treatment device that uses a small amount of a patient’s own skin to prepare what is called Spray-On Skin Cells.
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