The Greatest FDA Advisory Committees, Part III: The Power of The Patients

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

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The open public hearing can sometimes change the tenor of an advisory committee. • Source: Shutterstock

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 are Part I and Part II.)

In Part III of the series, we look at an advisory committee review from 2010: Benlysta. Human Genome Sciences, Inc./GlaxoSmithKline plc’s Benlysta (belimumab) for lupus was notable for several reasons

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