Gene And Cell Therapy Clinical Holds Decline While Those For Drugs Hit 12-Year High

FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research saw IND clinical holds for gene and cell therapies dropped to 70 in calendar year 2022, a 52% decline from 2018. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s total clinical holds in fiscal year 2022 were 380, the highest number in the past 12 years.