Agency has to ‘think creatively’ to make gene therapies commercially viable, CBER director says, suggesting greater use of accelerated approval endpoints and advancing manufacturing technologies. Center is focused on recruiting mid-level career people with manufacturing experience.
Peter Marks, director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, says he hears from foundations every week who are trying to develop a gene therapy but find the cost is in the $250,000 cost per dose range or higher.
“That essentially puts it out of reach,” he said. “So we’ve got to do something here. That may mean in...
The news coincides with rumors that Commissioner Martin Makary soon will name a new Center for Drug Evaluation and Research director.
US FDA critics have long decried the practice of using informal communications to convey regulatory expectations as podium policy. In the Makary era, the phrase may need to be updated because the agency now seems to be specializing in policy by podcast.
Kumar takes over as acting director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research’s Office of Therapeutic Products days after director Nicole Verdun was ousted.
Artificial intelligence tools used for clinical research should be developed with input from patients and focus on their needs and abilities, FDA experts said.
Artificial intelligence tools used for clinical research should be developed with input from patients and focus on their needs and abilities, FDA experts said.
Office of Therapeutic Products Director Nicole Verdun and her deputy Rachael Anatol were escorted out of FDA headquarters on June 18. Disagreements over CAR-T regulation and Capricor’s DMD treatment may be to blame.
As Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Vinay Prasad will advise the FDA Commissioner on cross-cutting issues, provide strategic leadership and be a public face of the agency.
