Approval Or New Study? That’s The Question For Tivozanib Panel Review
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee is being asked whether Aveo’s renal cell cancer drug should be approved despite an unfavorable overall survival trend in the sole pivotal study; Aveo attributes the survival results to the trial’s one-way crossover design and large proportion of patients from Central/Eastern Europe.
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