Confirmatory trial for Secura Bio’s Farydak has been delayed for several years, while the study for Acrotech’s Marqibo was terminated early; a 2 December advisory committee meeting to consider the drugs’ fate was cancelled, which could mean the sponsors reached new study agreements with the FDA or plan to withdraw the drugs.
Since October, the FDA has cancelled ODAC reviews of accelerated approval drugs Farydak, Marqibo and Pepaxto. • Source: Alamy
The US Food and Drug Administration has cancelled advisory committee reviews of two accelerated approval cancer drugs for which confirmation of clinical benefit is overdue.
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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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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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