Accelerated Approval: US FDA Review Of Expedited Program Could Bring More Withdrawals
Executive Summary
Oncology Center of Excellence’s ‘industry-wide evaluation’ of accelerated approvals leads to removal of indications for two PD-1/L-1 inhibitors, AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo, both of which had failed confirmatory trials.
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