Immunotherapy Withdrawals Put Spotlight on Accelerated Approval

Elie Dolgin • June 1, 2021

The FDA's Accelerated Approval program is under scrutiny after four drug companies announced plans in recent months to withdraw indications for checkpoint inhibitors that, despite showing early promise, failed to demonstrate a survival benefit in confirmatory trials. The agency's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will meet in late April to discuss whether six more indications for some of these same immunotherapies should be nullified as well.

Continue reading at Cancer Discovery.

Tubes of blood, one looks like an hourglass but with a woman's head
By Elie Dolgin April 16, 2025
Circulating biomarkers are quickly becoming a crucial part of diagnosis and disease monitoring for physicians, researchers — and even some consumers.
Zebra wearing video camera-equipped collar
By Elie Dolgin February 13, 2025
Zebras and giraffes offer one another protection without food competition.