US FDA’s Help May Get Charleston’s Hydexor Through Second Advisory Committee

After appealing FDA’s rejection, Charleston narrowly tailored the proposed indication for its emesis-reducing opioid to an in-patient population and crafted its own REMS to try and address advisors past safety concerns. Briefing documents indicate the FDA might have been learning towards approving the drug on the earlier review cycle, but the initial advisory committee vote shifted the agency’s thinking.