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Vinay Prasad, oncology’s gadfly-turned-CBER-director, will leave FDA (again)

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By Claire Marie Porter

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Prasad’s rule by fiat spilled into accelerated approvals in hematology and oncology
Atara Bio’s Cokey Nguyen: Normally, FDA wants to help us succeed. Now, “we’re getting new guidance at the last minute and it’s not helping.”

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By Jacquelyn Cobb

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As more people are surviving cancer, we must continue funding bold science

The cancer research community has a reason to celebrate. For the first time, 70% of people are living at least five years beyond their cancer diagnosis. And, as importantly, cancer death rates have been dropping relentlessly—by more than a third since 1991.

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By Karen E. Knudsen

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One result, two reactions: GRAIL’s Hall and NCI’s Castle react to negative NHS-Galleri trial outcome

On Feb. 19, GRAIL Inc. announced that its pivotal NHS-Galleri trial failed to meet its primary endpoint of reduction in advanced stage cancers. The media and the market reacted as one would expect: GRAIL’s stock price halved the day after the announcement and at least three law firms said that they are conducting investigations in preparation for filing investor suits.

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GRAIL presses on with Galleri test despite missed primary endpoint in pivotal study
Where GRAIL sees signals of benefit in the subgroups, screening experts see signs of overdiagnosis

If you listen to GRAIL executives discuss the results of the long-awaited trial of the company’s multicancer detection test, you might be led to conclude that the company’s pivotal NHS-Galleri study had an overwhelmingly positive result.

March 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.09

By Jacquelyn Cobb and Sara Willa Ernst

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

GRAIL’s Megan Hall: “I think we can be confident that there is clinical benefit to implementing this technology. And I think that’s really hard to argue with.”
Mainstream epidemiologists beg to differ

Undeterred by the negative topline result of its pivotal trial of Galleri, a multicancer detection test, the test’s sponsor, GRAIL, said it’s forging ahead with its plan to get FDA approval and reimbursement from CMS and private insurers.

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Vol.52 No.09

By Jacquelyn Cobb and Sara Willa Ernst

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Vinay Prasad, oncology’s gadfly-turned-CBER-director, will leave FDA (again)

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Prasad’s rule by fiat spilled into accelerated approvals in hematology and oncology
Atara Bio’s Cokey Nguyen: Normally, FDA wants to help us succeed. Now, “we’re getting new guidance at the last minute and it’s not helping.”

GRAIL presses on with Galleri test despite missed primary endpoint in pivotal study
Where GRAIL sees signals of benefit in the subgroups, screening experts see signs of overdiagnosis

GRAIL’s Megan Hall: “I think we can be confident that there is clinical benefit to implementing this technology. And I think that’s really hard to argue with.”
Mainstream epidemiologists beg to differ