A Milbank Quarterly study and a Pink Sheet analysis show that disagreement between the US FDA and its advisory committee meetings doesn't happen often; it is even rarer for the agency to approve a drug against the advice from a panel.
The US Food and Drug Administration's accelerated approval of Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.'s Xpovio (selinexor) made headlines during the past few weeks over possibility that the agency backed the drug against the advice of its Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee.
The decision drew criticism from some in the medical community, including Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine professor...
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.
Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of the topics covered.
New marketing authorization applications filed with the European Medicines Agency's human medicines committee (the CHMP) for review under the EU's centralized procedure. Updated monthly.
Proposal to have panelists rate the strength of efficacy and safety evidence on a numeric scale also draws support in written comments on ways to optimize the advisory committee process.
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.
Stay up to date on regulatory guidelines from around the world with the Pink Sheet's Guidance Tracker. The complete Global Pharma Guidance Tracker, with sortable and searchable listings going back to 2014, is available online.
Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of the topics covered.
