Seemingly everyone wanted to discuss the issue of compounding at the recent US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meeting on the future of AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s preterm birth drug Makena.
Everyone, that is, except the FDA.
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Clinicians and patients would look for 17P wherever they could find it if AMAG’s FDA-approved formulation of the preterm birth drug comes off the market, panelists said; Cowen analysts believe the potential for safety concerns posed by compounded formulations will save Makena from the regulatory chopping block.
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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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