Studies showing oxycodone could be extracted for intravenous use troubled advisory committee members, who worried it would result in the same types of adverse public health effects that led to market withdrawal of Endo’s Opana ER; panelists also were concerned about the ability to partially defeat Remoxy’s extended-release properties by chewing the product.
Concerned about the safety of intravenous abuse with Pain Therapeutics Inc.’s Remoxy (oxycodone extended-release), a US FDA advisory committee on June 26 recommended against approval of the long-acting opioid, citing a desire to avoid the kinds of adverse public health effects that led to the recent withdrawal of Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Opana ER.
Members of the anesthetic/analgesic drug products and drug safety and risk management panels voted 14-3 that the efficacy, safety and...
A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
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A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
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