What Did US FDA Do Wrong In Its Review Of Aducanumab? AdCom Members Have A List
Executive Summary
Committee members rebuked FDA for its positive review of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s disease drug, objecting to its ‘terrifically one-sided’ analysis of data, the short shrift given the contrary conclusions of its own statistician, and its interpretation of a dosing study to support the sole positive Phase III study.
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