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Jefferies analysts envision a steady launch curve that could ultimately drive meaningful sales from people who are dissatisfied with existing treatments.
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Representatives of companies including AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson and Merck have voiced concerns about the FDA’s approach to pre-approval inspections.
With notable therapies from Biogen, Sarepta and MacroGenics failing to show efficacy in pivotal or confirmatory trials, experts question the use of biomarker evidence for approval while one former regulator insists that a “failed trial is not a failed drug.”
Coming up in the back half of December, the FDA will issue a verdict on Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ gastroparesis drug tradipitant, which it rejected last September, triggering a very public dispute with the company.
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This approval was based on the Phase III withdrawal study that showed clinically meaningful differences vs. placebo in change to the primary endpoint, Epworth Sleepiness Scale score.
The U.S. FDA greenlit the combination of Keytruda and Eisai’s Lemvima as a first-line treatment for adult patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
Sanofi has announced that the U.S. FDA approved its new treatment for children one year of age or older diagnosed with late-onset Pompe disease.
Although August is a fairly busy month for PDUFA dates, there were only two on the U.S. FDA’s calendar for this week, and one of those has already been reported. Here’s a look.
Sierra will have access to AZD5153, a potent and selective BRD4 BET inhibitor, to initiate a study that combines the said component with momelotinib for treating patients with myelofibrosis.
Aprea faces another disappointment this week in the clinic. The FDA held up a yellow card, and the Boston-based biotech has placed a partial clinical hold on its myeloid malignancy program.
Eisai said that they have initiated communication with the FDA to achieve “the most optimal regulatory pathway” for lecanemab.
Sage announced the termination of the REDWOOD and RAINFOREST studies of zuranolone, which is being assessed to treat both major depressive disorder and post-partum depression.
The FDA’s Treosulfan rejection was surprising for both Meduxus and Medac. The FDA has provided a Complete Response Letter and made some recommendations.
The company announced that it is withdrawing its peripheral T-cell lymphoma drug Istodax from the market after recent trials showed that it does not achieve its primary efficacy endpoint.