While a US FDA advisory committee would focus on efficacy and safety data from Leqembi’s Phase III CLARITY-AD trial, it likely also would provide a public forum for relitigating Audhelm’s accelerated approval and the evidence needed to formally validate amyloid plaque reduction as a surrogate.
An anticipated US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee review of Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen, Inc.’s Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) for regular approval will offer the opportunity for a public vetting on a host of issues.
These include lecanemab-specific matters, such as the magnitude of clinical benefit, and occurrence of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) and deaths, in the Phase III CLARITY-AD trial, as well as considerations...
Upcoming FDA user fee goal dates include novel products from a busy lung cancer pipeline, a single-dose passive immunization against RSV for infants, what could be the first oral HAE acute treatment, and a first-in-class HAE preventive antibody.
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The 31 May goal date for Moderna’s next-generation COVID-19 vaccine looms over the month, but the US FDA's decision lineup includes three more novel agents, including AbbVie's Teliso-V antibody-drug conjugate, as well as supplemental indications like GSK's bid for Nucala in COPD.
Antabio’s next-generation, broad-spectrum antibacterial, MEM-ANT3310, has made it onto the European Medicines Agency’s priority medicines scheme. The company says its product is designed to make a significant impact on the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.
