US FDA’s approval of the opioid over resounding opposition of an advisory committee has haunted the agency, and it has imperiled both of Robert Califf’s nominations to be commissioner. The latest company to own Zohydro stopped selling it and FDA withdrew approval of its NDA.
The quiet end for Zohydro ER – buried in a list of drugs whose approvals are being withdrawn by the US FDA – belies the turmoil the opioid created for the agency.
FDA announced in a Federal Register notice to be published on 2 February that it is withdrawing approval of...