US FDA Approval Climate: What Do The Oral Testosterone Reviews Tell Us?

Second go-round for oral testosterone could have marked new boundary on how far FDA is willing to go in approving new entrants to a market with widespread historic off-label use and CV risks.

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Are approval prospects at the US FDA going up or down?

Clarus Therapeutics Inc. was looking for the endorsement of a key member of the US FDA Bone, Reproductive, and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee for its novel oral testosterone replacement therapy.

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EU Decision Time For Topical Gene Therapy Beremagene Geperpavec And Five Others

 

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