FDA Mycapssa Snub Whacks Chiasma; New Study Needed

The FDA tried to warn Chiasma Inc. in 2014 its single-arm, open-label Phase III trial may not be enough to pass muster for the agency to approve the company's new drug application (NDA) for its investigational acromegaly drug Mycapssa (octreotide) and pointed out having a controlled trial would be a better option.

The FDA tried to warn Chiasma Inc. in 2014 its single-arm, open-label Phase III trial may not be enough to pass muster for the agency to approve the company's new drug application (NDA) for its investigational acromegaly drug Mycapssa (octreotide) and pointed out having a controlled trial would be a better option.

But the company didn't listen and submitted its Mycapssa NDA anyway – declaring regulators hadn't identified any issues that would...

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