Keeping Track: US FDA Greenlights Two More Novel Drugs, But Smacks Down Golodirsen

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

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The FDA approved Xenleta and Ga-68-DOTATOC but issued a complete response letter for golodirsen.

The US Food and Drug Administration cleared two more novel agents – Nabriva Therapeutics PLC's Xenleta (lefamulin) and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics PET Imaging Center's Ga-68-DOTATOC – to bring the number of approvals to eight in the month of August.

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