Breakthrough Therapies: Failed Study Won’t Automatically Lead To Rescinded Designation
Executive Summary
The decision to maintain or revoke breakthrough therapy status when trial results do not appear to support the original designation will depend on the facts specific to a development program, the US FDA says in new draft guidance. Since 2012, the agency has granted 475 breakthrough therapy designation requests and rescinded 35 designations.
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