Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Ascentage, Bioaegis, Boehringer, GSK, Knopp, Lintonpharm, Neoimmunetech, Oramed.
Patients with triple-refractory multiple myeloma who are running out of options may soon have a new lifeline. That’s if the FDA follows the unanimous vote of its Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) and grants accelerated approval to Glaxosmithkline plc’s (GSK) belantamab mafodotin as a fifth-line therapy for adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
The U.S. FDA has a number of draft guidances in queue thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, but released two final guidances in mid-July, including the guidance for clinical investigations for prostate tissue ablation devices. Stakeholders pressed the agency to avoid a fixed period of follow-up for such studies due to variability in the elapsed time for device-related adverse events, but the agency stuck to the draft’s mandate for at least a year of follow-up.
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Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Avicenna.AI, Corneat Vision, Dante Labs, GI Supply, Hd Medical, Qubyx, Revamp Medical, Vela Diagnostics, Vitls, Viveve.
Two weeks after receiving a letter from the FDA citing deficiencies in the NDA seeking approval for VP-102 (cantharidin 0.7% topical solution) in molluscum contagiosum, Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. disclosed an unsurprising complete response letter.