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Pink Sheet Podcast: August User Fee Goals, Oncology Trial Design Issues, EMA Review Changes

 
• By Derrick Gingery, Sarah Karlin-Smith, and Bridget Silverman

Pink Sheet reporter and editors discuss the US FDA drug approval decisions that could arrive in August, a trial design issue that could ensnare BMS’ Opdivo along with AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi, and the EMA potentially asking all sponsors to provide raw clinical data as part of application reviews.

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Could EMA requiring raw clinical data for application reviews boost global harmonization efforts? • Source: Citeline/Shutterstock

Pink Sheet Executive Editor Derrick Gingery, Senior Writer Sarah Karlin-Smith, and Managing Editor Bridget Silverman discuss the bolus of applications that could receive US Food and Drug Administration action this month (:34), US Food and Drug Administration efforts to push oncology sponsors to change their trial design plans and how they could impact a proposed new indication for Bristol Myers Squibb Company’s Opdivo (nivolumab) and AstraZeneca PLC’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) (10:11), and the potential implications of the European Medicines Agency pilot program requiring sponsors to provide raw clinical data with applications for review (33:14).

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