Final Phase II data for palbociclib in breast cancer at AACR meeting raise questions about prospects for accelerated approval prior to Phase III results. Meanwhile, Lilly’s bemaciclib emerges as potent monotherapy with seemingly lower risk for neutropenia, but more data are needed to flesh out the drug’s profile.

While endocrine-disrupting evidence was inconclusive, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety recommends more conservative limits on use of homosalate, octocrylene and benzophenone-3 in cosmetic products compared with current requirements under the European Cosmetics Product Regulation.

The risk of inadvertently growing SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell and gene therapies and possibly infecting patients and workers should be assessed and mitigated, the agency advises.