The House Energy and Commerce Committee seems poised to make substantial changes to the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA’s”) Accelerated Approval Program. The committee’s Democratic chairman, Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Republican ranking member, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) have proposed competing bills that were featured prominently in the Health Subcommittee’s legislative hearing on March 17, … Continue Reading
This post was written by Paul Sheives. FDA is authorized to approve applications based on clinical trials that demonstrate a new drug’s impact on a “surrogate endpoint,” or laboratory measure or physical sign used as a substitute for a clinical endpoint. When FDA approves a drug based on a surrogate endpoint under an accelerated approval … Continue Reading
