The Greatest FDA Advisory Committees, Part II: The Birth Of The ‘Pazdur Moment’

03 Sep 2020

• By Ramsey Baghdadi

With landmark advisory committee meetings coming up, we take a look back at some of the memorable panel meetings over the last 20 years. This is Part II in the series.

Gypsum Statue of Giuliano de' Medici — This isn't actually Richard Pazdur; it's Giuliano de Medici

The upcoming advisory committee reviews of the first coronavirus vaccine(s) and Biogen, Inc.’s aducanumab for Alzheimer’s should be two historic panel meetings, prompting a look back at the greatest FDA advisory committees of the last 20 years. (Here’s Part I.)

For the Part II in the series, we focus on one committee meeting because it deserves special attention: two-in-one reviews...