US FDA’s drugs center posted one of its lowest monthly approval counts of original applications in January, but new indications filled the gap, including new claims for Merck’s Keytruda, Takeda immunoglobulins, and Sanofi/Regeneron’s Dupixent.
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In contrast to the prodigious novel approval counts of 2023, the US FDA started the new year in a more abstemious fashion.
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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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