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Closing The Books On Aduhelm: Congressional Report Leaves US FDA To Move Forward

 
• By Michael McCaughan

A Congressional report on the US FDA approval of Biogen/Eisai’s Aduhelm generated another round of negative headlines for the agency – and rubbed salt in the wounds of a commercial disaster for the sponsors. But it probably could not have turned out better for FDA and the drug review climate overall.

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The House report on Aduhelm is probably headed straight for the shelf. • Source: Nielsen Hobbs; the Pink Sheet | Shutterstock, House report images

It is hard to imagine a quieter end to the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s investigation into the US Food & Drug Administration’s handling of the review of Biogen, Inc./Eisai Co., Ltd.’s Alzheimer’s therapy Aduhelm (aducanumab-avwa).

The Congressional inquiry was launched with much fanfare two weeks after Aduhelm was approved in June 2021, amid headlines warning...

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