Mer­ck wins pri­or­i­ty re­view for rare car­ci­no­ma drug belzu­ti­fan, the cen­ter­piece of $1B+ Pelo­ton buy­out

The pro­gram that was once the crown jew­el in Mer­ck’s 2019 buy­out of Pelo­ton Ther­a­peu­tics is one step clos­er to win­ning an FDA ap­proval.

Belzu­ti­fan, for­mer­ly known as PT2977, has snared a pri­or­i­ty re­view as it seeks to win the agency’s green­light in von Hip­pel-Lin­dau (VHL) dis­ease-as­so­ci­at­ed re­nal cell car­ci­no­ma that doesn’t re­quire im­me­di­ate surgery. Reg­u­la­tors have slot­ted the can­di­date in for a Sept. 15 PDU­FA date.

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