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FDA Advisory Committee Review of 2021

Eye on FDA

But before heading into 2022, it is perhaps time to take stock of AdComms and what they did or did not do during 2021. First and foremost is that as noted earlier this year (See August 5, 2021 FDA Adcomms – Is FDA Getting Less Advice? ), there were fewer 2021 meetings held to consider new drug applications than in years gone by.

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Antibody Drug Conjugates: windows of opportunity

Drug Target Review

For instance, we can compare the data from the 2021 DESTINY gastric cancer trial using the ADC Trastuzumab Deruxtecan with data from a gastric cancer trial in 2004 using the small molecule Irinotecan. 2021 Mar 24 [cited 2021 Dec 16];20(8):583–4. Translational and Clinical Pharmacology [Internet].

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AdComms – Is FDA Getting Less Advice?

Eye on FDA

At the same time, looking to 2018 when there were 29 meetings to consider new drugs, the number appears to be falling each year, with only 6 that occurred during the first half of 2021. That said, BT would be a lagging indicator since it can be granted so early in the development process. Fewer meetings – more approvals.

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News from ESMO: Challenging the Status Quo of Early Phase Clinical Trial Design — Moving from “Why” to “How”

Cytel

Since its launch in 2021, Project Optimus has been reforming the dose optimization and dose selection paradigm in oncology drug development. Most of these post-approval changes have been overall decreases in dose. To address this challenge, the FDA Oncology Center of Excellence initiated Project Optimus.

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Zelatriazin

New Drug Approvals

“A phase 1 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of TAK-041 in healthy participants and patients with stable schizophrenia” British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Cilia, Jackie; Hitchcock, Stephen (12 August 2021). X H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-i¾) δ ppm 1.40 (d, J=6.8 49 (2): 121–132.

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Our new Chairman: Dr Charles Woler

Sygnature Discovery

He gained a PhD in Clinical Pharmacology from the University of Lyon and an MD from Université Paris Diderot (Paris VII), and has since spent more than 35 years in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical sectors in Europe and North America.

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Eplontersen

New Drug Approvals

. “Population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modelling of eplontersen, an antisense oligonucleotide in development for transthyretin amyloidosis” British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. World Health Organization (2021). 88 (12): 5389–5398. doi : 10.1111/bcp.15468. PMID 35869634. 22 December 2023.