To get traditional approval, the Alzheimer’s treatment could see tightened labeling on the need to test for ApoE ε4 status given advisory committee recommendations. Some panelists also raised concerns around use with anticoagulants and in patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
A US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee unanimously backed conversion from accelerated to traditional approval for Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen, Inc.’s Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb), but panelists’ recommendations aimed at addressing safety concerns in some patient subgroups could result in tighter labeling for the anti-amyloid agent.
On the lone voting question, all six members of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee on 9...
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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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.
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