Fighting Accelerated Approval Withdrawal Hinders Other Sponsors' Applications, FDA’s Pazdur Says

Resource-intensive withdrawal process means FDA reviewers are not able to work on other drugs, Oncology Center of Excellence Director Richard Pazdur says, citing the ‘arduous’ withdrawal of Pepaxto. Pazdur also says no one should be surprised that the FDA has begun issuing complete response letters when confirmatory studies are not sufficiently advanced.

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Sponsors should think about the greater good before deciding to fight the FDA on a withdrawal request. • Source: Shutterstock

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