Fatigue Benefit With Janssen’s MS Drug Ponvory Not Clinically Relevant – US/EU Regulators
Executive Summary
In approving ponesimod for relapsing multiple sclerosis, neither the FDA nor EMA included in labeling data from a novel patient-reported outcomes fatigue instrument; FDA said the PRO was not shown to be capable of measuring within-patient change, while EMA said the difference relative to Sanofi’s Aubagio fell short of the threshold for a clinically meaningful benefit.
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