For Cancer Drugs With China-Only Data, US FDA Leaves Door Open Just A Crack
Executive Summary
Regulatory flexibility may be warranted for diseases with low prevalence in the US, such as nasopharyngeal carcinoma, or for pediatric tumors, which are difficult to study in multi-regional trials, FDA officials said at the advisory committee review of Innovent/Lilly’s lung cancer drug sintilimab; the agency has no plans to change its regulations on evaluation of foreign clinical data.
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