Stacked User Fee Calendar Puts Another Record-Setting Year For US FDA Novel Approvals Within Reach

With goal dates for almost 40 novel drugs and biologics coming up in the second half of 2020 after a record number of first half approvals, even the pandemic looks unlikely to prevent another solid year for innovative drugs at US FDA.

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Will second-half approvals fill US FDA's glass to record-breaking levels?

In a world without COVID-19, the US Food and Drug Administration would be in position to shatter records for novel approvals (again) in 2020, with a 10-year best tally for the first six months of the year and a second half loaded with user fee goal dates for almost 40 new molecular entities and novel biologics.

In the world with COVID-19, the complete response letter rate for those pending NDAs and BLAs could be higher than...

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