FDA authorized Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Integrated Mutation Profiling of Actionable Cancer Targets tumor profiling test, an in vitro diagnostic test that can identify a higher number of genetic mutations that may be found in various cancers than any test previously reviewed by the agency.
Richard Pazdur, FDA’s top oncologist who last week received a battlefield promotion to the role of director of the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, is described as a stabilizing figure respected by major patient groups, oncology professional societies, and the industry.
