US FDA staff who participated in the review and approval of AMAG’s bremelanotide for hypoactive sexual desire disorder.
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The company’s failure to show its potency assays measured attributes directly related to the mesenchymal stromal cell product’s therapeutic effect highlights the importance of a robust CMC program for complex cell therapies.
Agency staff repeatedly said the BLA based on a single-arm study in 55 patients lacked substantial evidence of effectiveness in steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease and a randomized trial was needed, but changed course “based on additional consideration” after a second CRL.
The Pink Sheet’s Drug Review Profile looks at the timeline for the clinical development and US FDA review of Mesoblast’s remestemcel for graft-versus-host disease.
The Pink Sheet drug review profile investigates the long and rigorous process behind the FDA’s recent relaxation of the cardiovascular safety warning for testosterone products.
The House Appropriations Committee wants an analysis of how issues that led to CRLs could have been resolved within the first review cycle and seeks an agency crackdown on counterfeit GLP-1 agonists.
With a 25-27 June meeting looming, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can fill all 17 spots on the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices with people he says will "exercise independent judgment."
The Pink Sheet explores how regulatory approvals for Leqembi differ around the world, and looks at what is coming next.
