Daiichi's Pexidartinib: Potential Patient Impact Drives Advisory Cmte. Recommendation

US FDA's ODAC members decide potential "life-changing" benefits of Daiichi's proposed rare cancer therapy outweigh liver risks.

The potentially transformative effect of Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.'s proposed rare cancer treatment pexidartinib trumped concerns about liver toxicity and the monitoring that may be required in advisory committee members' minds.

The US Food and Drug Administration's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 12-3 that the benefits of pexidartinib outweighed the risks...

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