Heplisav-B Review Still On Track Even After Cancelled Advisory Cmte., Dynavax Says

FDA calls off November meeting to give 'more time to review and resolve several outstanding issues' with adjuvanted hepatitis B vaccine; Dynavax says agency determined meeting was not necessary to ensure regulatory decision by Dec. 15 goal date.

FDA cancellation of an advisory committee meeting can often be viewed as an ominous sign of an application's prospects. However, Dynavax Technologies Corp. suggests a more positive view, saying the agency called off a public review of the adjuvanted hepatitis B vaccine Heplisav-B because the meeting was not necessary for a timely regulatory action.

In a notice posted on FDA's website Sept. 2, the agency said the Nov. 16 meeting of the...

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