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Patients from Asia saw a differential treatment effect versus non-Asian regions in the Phase III multiregional study, with an adverse survival trend seen in the latter group, the FDA said about the lymphoma drug.
At a House subcommittee hearing, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rebutted lawmaker concerns that NIH cuts will drive research and scientists to other countries and said he does not want to advise parents on vaccinating children for measles, chickenpox or polio.
Agency staff once again have access to the Lexis-Nexis legal and news database, but are still waiting for access to journals, and laid off librarians have not been reinstated.
A professional slide deck for the drospirenone/estetrol oral contraceptive inappropriately suggests it is safer than other estrogen-containing products and understates risks, Office of Prescription Drug Promotion said in the first “untitled” letter issued since reductions-in-force.
Agency staff once again have access to the Lexis-Nexis legal and news database, but are still waiting for access to journals and laid off librarians have not been reinstated.
Pink Sheet editors discuss the appointment of Vinay Prasad as the new director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and revelations that FDA layoffs now are hindering development of guidance documents.