The US FDA will ponder its regulatory options now that final data are in from a long-term postmarketing study showing tofacitinib is associated with a higher rate of major adverse cardiovascular events and malignancies compared with TNF-inhibitors.
The US Food and Drug Administration will weigh its regulatory its options for Pfizer Inc.’s Xeljanz (tofacitinib) in light of cardiovascular and malignancy risks identified in a long-term, postmarketing safety trial of the JAK-inhibitor in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
The FDA said it is evaluating the results received to date on CV and malignancy primary endpoints in the ORAL...
Revised recommendation is based on most recent data on circulating strains in US, where KP.3 is now dominant. Novavax sticks with plans targeting the JN.1 ‘parent strain.’
With the deadline for comments on the US FDA’s draft guidance less than a month away, the Pink Sheet offers an infographic outlining what the agency is expecting in diversity action plans and when that might be implemented.
Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee will consider whether open-label extension data from a randomized trial that failed its primary endpoint, along with a historical control comparison, are enough to support approval in the ultra-rare disease.
Recent ODAC meetings suggest the FDA will expand focus beyond applications with pending approval decisions to refining trial designs and drug labels for competitors.
Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee will consider whether open-label extension data from a randomized trial that failed its primary endpoint, along with a historical control comparison, are enough to support approval in the ultra-rare disease.
Recent ODAC meetings suggest the FDA will expand focus beyond applications with pending approval decisions to refining trial designs and drug labels for competitors.
The agency also should explain the potential consequences for sponsors if enrollment goals are not met, stakeholders say in comments on the DAP draft guidance. Some commenters urged the FDA to apply waiver criteria flexibly, especially for rare diseases.
