For the Pepaxto appeal to be wrapped up on a faster timeline than Genentech’s dispute with the US FDA drugs center over Avastin’s breast cancer claim, CBER Director Peter Marks, the commissioner’s designee, would have to render a final decision before January 2024.
Oncopeptides AB’s appeal of the US FDA drugs center proposal to withdraw accelerated approval for the multiple myeloma drug Pepaxto (melphalan flufenamide, or melflufen) will be the first measure of the speed offered by new expedited withdrawal procedures.
The withdrawal procedures established by the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 give an accelerated approval product sponsor...
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Brazilian regulator Anvisa is relying on the decisions of its foreign counterparts as a means of ensuring more quality medicines are made available in the country.
The FDA and sponsors of two new accelerated approval drugs for PBC have taken steps in study design, initiation and reporting transparency to ensure timely completion; Intercept’s COBALT trial of obeticholic acid was negatively impacted by product safety labeling changes and a high crossover rate to commercial drug.
The UK regulator approved 16 medicines containing a new active substance in the first half of this year, while the European Commission issued marketing authorizations for 20 NAS-containing drugs.
Brazil has also published its recent regulatory reliance regulations in English, a move designed to increase confidence in its decisions as it presses on with aligning its national practices with global best practices.
The US FDA commissioner also said the hub is looking for an executive director who will work with the CBER and CDER heads, who will serve as co-leads.
The FDA and sponsors of two new accelerated approval drugs for PBC have taken steps in study design, initiation and reporting transparency to ensure timely completion; Intercept’s COBALT trial of obeticholic acid was negatively impacted by product safety labeling changes and a high crossover rate to commercial drug.
