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ODAC vote will likely lead to three-arm and four-arm designs–and pragmatic trials–for perioperative indications
Regulatory News

ODAC vote will likely lead to three-arm and four-arm designs–and pragmatic trials–for perioperative indications

The FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee July 25 voted unanimously to set more rigorous standards for new trials for approval of perioperative indications of cancer drugs.
July 26, 2024
Vol.50 No.30
By Jacquelyn Cobb and Paul Goldberg
Drugs & Targets

FDA accepts Telix’s NDA for prostate cancer imaging agent

FDA has accepted the filing of Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited’s New Drug Application for TLX007-CDx, a new and proprietary cold kit for the preparation of PSMA-PET imaging for prostate cancer. 
July 26, 2024
Vol.50 No.30
Drugs & Targets

FDA clears IND for Zymeworks’ antibody drug conjugate ZW191

FDA cleared the investigational new drug application for ZW191, a novel folate receptor-α targeted topoisomerase I inhibitor antibody-drug conjugate sponsored by Zymeworks.
July 26, 2024
Vol.50 No.30
Platinum drugs are off the shortage list, but the underlying problem is unsolved

Platinum drugs are off the shortage list, but the underlying problem is unsolved
FDA’s Califf: “We have a market failure due to unwillingness of health systems and cancer centers to pay a fair price.”

More than a year after a catastrophic shortage of platinum-based chemotherapy drugs swept through the U.S., FDA on June 28 officially removed carboplatin and cisplatin from the drug shortage list.
July 19, 2024
Vol.50 No.29
By Jacquelyn Cobb
Drugs & Targets

FDA grants Fast Track designation to 225Ac-FL-020 radiopharmaceutical for mCRPC

FDA granted Fast Track designation for 225Ac-FL-020, a radiopharmaceutical which targets prostate-specific membrane antigen for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
July 12, 2024
Vol.50 No.28
Supreme Court removes “Chevron deference,” threatening drug regulation, health coverage, delivery of cancer care
JudiciaryNews Analysis

Supreme Court removes “Chevron deference,” threatening drug regulation, health coverage, delivery of cancer care

The Supreme Court last week upended one of the underpinnings of administrative law by weakening the authority of federal health agencies to rely on technical expertise as they regulate medical products, issue coverage decisions, and respond to public health crises. 
July 05, 2024
Vol.50 No.27
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
Georgetown’s Zachary Baron on the post-Chevron era: We need guardrails about when agency expertise should be cast aside
Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Georgetown’s Zachary Baron on the post-Chevron era: We need guardrails about when agency expertise should be cast aside

The Supreme Court struck down the Chevron doctrine, removing one of the foundational principles of administrative law and upending the way federal agencies rely on technical subject-matter expertise. What comes next?
July 05, 2024
Vol.50 No.27
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
Drugs & Targets

FDA grants Fast Track designation to Syncromune Inc. for drug-device combo for solid tumors in mCRPC

FDA granted Fast Track designation to Syncromune Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, for SYNC-T SV-102 therapy, Syncromune’s lead candidate for the treatment of patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. 
July 05, 2024
Vol.50 No.27
At White House forum, Bertagnolli, Califf, Wegrzyn call for greater innovation in clinical trials
White House

At White House forum, Bertagnolli, Califf, Wegrzyn call for greater innovation in clinical trials

Leaders of three health agencies presented new initiatives focused on patient-centered research, diversity in clinical trial enrollment, and innovation in clinical research. 
June 28, 2024
Vol.50 No.26
By McKenzie Prillaman
Clinical Roundup

FDA guidance provides new details on diversity action plans for clinical studies

FDA issued a draft guidance, “Diversity Action Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Populations in Clinical Studies,” to assist medical product sponsors in submitting diversity action plans to support certain clinical studies. 
June 28, 2024
Vol.50 No.26

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