Sprout’s Female Desire Drug: Size Of Safety Studies Doesn’t Matter To FDA

Flibanserin development can move forward after dispute resolution, but women’s health advocates criticize the delay, charging that FDA has a double standard for female sexual dysfunction drugs.

Sprout Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s appeal to FDA on its rejected female sexual dysfunction drug flibanserin resulted in a request for three small, new safety studies, but not the efficacy work that had been suggested in a “complete response” letter for the filing, according to the company.

Following a submission in March 2013, FDA issued a CRL for flibanserin in October of that year requesting additional efficacy and safety work

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