Keeping Track: Submissions Galore, Blincyto Supplemental Approval, And Priority Review For Opdivo/Yervoy Combo

The latest drug development news and highlights from our US FDA Performance Tracker.

A wave of submissions has arrived at the US FDA amid the dawn of spring, as drugmakers filed at least five new molecular entities (NMEs) and new biological entities (NBEs) with the agency.

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