FDA Can’t Find Efficacy For BioMarin’s Drisapersen

On verge of advisory committee meeting, FDA says development program was exemplary, but is disappointed data are inconclusive.

Perhaps the most telling aspect of FDA's review of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.’s proposed Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment drisapersen is that no benefit-risk assessment was completed because staff found no benefit.

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