Late-in-Review Advisory Panels: What Previous Cases Tell Us About Donanemab’s Prospects

Lilly’s Alzheimer’s candidate joins a club that no sponsor wants to be in, but one in which some members do get approved, albeit with less-than-ideal labeling.

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Don’t touch that dial: Donanemab’s AC promises to be exciting. • Source: Shutterstock

The delayed review for Lilly’s donanemab sets up not just another high-stakes advisory committee for an Alzheimer’s candidate but that most precarious of FDA panels – the ones announced late in the review cycle.

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