Reviewer expertise may be better leveraged in more focused roles, but basic tenets of rare disease program should not fundamentally change as part of proposed Office of New Drugs reorganization.
BOSTON – The reorganization of the US FDA's Office of New Drugs is not expected to significantly affect its rare disease program, even though it is proposed to move to a new review division.
Lucas Kempf, acting associate director of the OND rare diseases program, said June 27 that he was assured by Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Director Janet Woodcock, who also is
Patients from Asia saw a differential treatment effect versus non-Asian regions in the Phase III multiregional study, with an adverse survival trend seen in the latter group, the FDA said about the lymphoma drug.
Pink Sheet sister publication In Vivo spoke to the former FDA commissioner about the recent layoffs and their impact on vaccine and other product development.
Brensocatib, Insmed's investigational treatment for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, is among the latest products that have been filed for review by the European Medicines Agency for potential EU marketing approval.
Companies that use the European Medicines Agency as a reference regulator for the UK’s International Recognition Procedure can expect a faster approval than those that use other national regulators, such as those in the US and Canada, an MHRA spokesperson has said.
Patients from Asia saw a differential treatment effect versus non-Asian regions in the Phase III multiregional study, with an adverse survival trend seen in the latter group, the FDA said about the lymphoma drug.
Pink Sheet sister publication In Vivo spoke to the former FDA commissioner about the recent layoffs and their impact on vaccine and other product development.
Brensocatib, Insmed's investigational treatment for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, is among the latest products that have been filed for review by the European Medicines Agency for potential EU marketing approval.
