Since the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is conducting the single-day hearing on the type 2 diabetes treatment ITCA 650 under its usual process for advisory committee meetings, it denied Intarcia’s requests for input on adding ad hoc members and extended presentation time.
FDA and Intarcia will duke it out at an Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee meeting on 21 September. • Source: Shutterstock
The US FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research has scheduled a September advisory committee hearing on its intent to deny approval of Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc.’s exenatide implant ITCA 650.
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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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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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