US Food and Drug Administration approval of Lumicell Inc.’s optical imaging agent Lumisight (pegulicianine) brought the number of novel imaging agents to clear the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research to 14 since 2019, reflecting burgeoning drug development in the long-quiet space.
Lumisight also brought CDER’s count of new molecular entities and novel biologics approved in 2024 to 12.





