Although abuse by intravenous route is expected to be deterred compared to immediate-release oxycodone, neither nasal nor oral abuse deterrence was demonstrated in two new human abuse potential studies, agency concludes; product has a new formulation and a new name, Aximris XR, since a 2017 AdComm.
Aximris XR can be expected to have some deterrent effect by the intravenous route of abuse, the FDA says. • Source: Shutterstock
A US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on 15 January will be asked to weigh whether approval is warranted for Intellipharmaceutics International Inc.’s reformulated oxycodone extended-release product when the evidence supports deterrence by only one of three routes of abuse.
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A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
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A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
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