Adasuve’s Extensive REMS Proposal Raises Questions About Whether It Could Work In Practice

Patient screening to ensure pulmonary risks are mitigated could be difficult in emergency room settings, advisory committee says about inhaled loxapine formulation.

The real-world application of an extensive risk management plan seemed to vex several members of the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee as they considered Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Adasuve, an inhaled formulation of loxapine.

Ultimately, the group sent a mixed signal on whether to recommend approval of the product. The 9-8 vote, with one...

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