GSK's Nucala For COPD Needs Better-Defined Patient Population, US FDA Panel Says

Unclear data on monoclonal antibody's efficacy caused many members of Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee to vote against recommending approval.

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GlaxoSmithKline PLC's Nucala (mepolizumab) did not receive a positive advisory committee recommendation in COPD largely because of efficacy data clouded by a lack of a well-defined patient population.

The US FDA's Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee voted 16-3 July 25 that the benefit-risk profile did not support an approval...

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