For Amylyx AMX0035 Panel Review, US FDA Relied Heavily on Temporary Voting Members
Executive Summary
Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee has held two of FDA’s most closely watched meetings in recent years, but there was little overlap between the panel that reviewed Amylyx’s ALS drug and the one that evaluated Biogen’s aducanumab 16 months earlier.
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