FDA fi­nal­izes ac­cel­er­at­ed ap­proval la­bel­ing guid­ance

The FDA on Tues­day fi­nal­ized guid­ance on la­bel­ing drugs and bi­o­log­ics ap­proved un­der the ac­cel­er­at­ed ap­proval path­way.

The FDA’s ac­cel­er­at­ed ap­proval pro­gram al­lows the agency to ap­prove prod­ucts to treat se­ri­ous or life-threat­en­ing con­di­tions based on sur­ro­gate or in­ter­me­di­ate clin­i­cal end­points “that are rea­son­ably like­ly to pre­dict clin­i­cal ben­e­fit.” When grant­i­ng ac­cel­er­at­ed ap­proval, FDA will re­quire a spon­sor to com­plete post­mar­ket­ing stud­ies to con­firm the prod­uct’s ben­e­fits.

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