FDA’s Pazdur Highlights Need For Unbiased Toxicity Assessments
Executive Summary
Agency’s top oncology reviewer shares anecdote about an unidentified drug whose sponsor strongly asserted that cardiovascular toxicity seen in a single-arm study was due to the natural history of the disease. The tale bears similarities to Ariad’s troubled leukemia drug Iclusig.
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