Janssen Biotech Inc. said it has submitted a New Drug Application to the FDA for apalutamide, an investigational, next generation oral androgen receptor inhibitor for men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Currently, there are no FDA approved treatments for patients with non-metastatic CRPC.
In the absence of the federal funding, cancer research will be leaning on private funders. But few private funders have the freedom to ask fundamental questions—questions whose answers may not have an immediate clinical impact but can dramatically advance scientific knowledge.
