Worried that doctors eager for new gout treatments would prescribe Regeneron's Arcalyst (rilonacept) for high-risk patients with aggressive or refractory disease, populations for which there is a lack of data, the US FDA's Arthritis Advisory Committee on 8 May refused to back the drug as a treatment for the condition.
The committee voted 11-0 that Regeneron's efficacy and safety data failed to support the approval of a subcutaneous once-weekly 80mg...