Failed Confirmatory Trial Won’t Force Withdrawal Of Zepzelca’s Accelerated Approval, US FDA Says

Jazz/PharmaMar’s SCLC drug will stay on the market while two more trials with different designs are conducted after confirmatory trial did not meet overall survival endpoint. Citizen petition requesting agency withdraw lurbinectedin underscores vagaries of accelerated approval.

Citizen petition asks FDA to withdraw approval of Zepzecla for treatment of small cell lung cancer
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