US FDA Panel To Weigh Safety, Tolerability Issues For One New, Two Approved Cancer Drugs
Executive Summary
Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will review Spectrum’s poziotinib for use in targeted subset of patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer; ODAC also will consider next steps for two approved drugs with adverse survival trends in postmarketing studies: Oncopeptides’ Pepaxto in multiple myeloma and Secura Bio’s Copiktra for CLL/SLL.
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Recent And Upcoming FDA Advisory Committee Meetings
Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of topics covered.