Continued US marketing of Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s primary biliary cholangitis treatment Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) is in doubt following a US Food and Drug Administration panel’s conclusion that the accelerated approval drug has not confirmed clinical benefit and lacks a favorable benefit-risk profile.
Intercept’s Ocaliva Falls At US FDA Panel; Is Accelerated Approval Withdrawal On The Horizon?
Obeticholic acid has not confirmed clinical benefit and the benefit-risk profile is not favorable in primary biliary cholangitis, the FDA advisory committee said. The agency must now decide whether to keep Ocaliva on the market with new study requirements or seek withdrawal.
