Nixed by the FDA, Ther­a­peu­tic­sMD is now plan­ning a long-shot bid to re­verse the de­ci­sion

Ther­a­peu­tic­sMD al­ready flagged that the FDA was about to re­ject its ap­pli­ca­tion for TX-004HR, a pro­posed new ther­a­py to treat vagi­nal pain dur­ing in­ter­course for women with vul­var and vagi­nal at­ro­phy trig­gered by menopause. To­day it con­firmed that the agency has in­deed nixed the treat­ment, and it’s prepar­ing a re­but­tal case to see if they can turn it around.

That’s doubt­ful, as the FDA rarely re­vers­es course once reg­u­la­tors have made up their minds — though it can hap­pen.

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