China-Only Studies Are ‘Problematic,’ US FDA’s Pazdur Says Ahead Of Lilly/Innovent PD-1 Inhibitor Review

February advisory committee for sintilimab expected to address three main questions about applications relying on single-country data.

Richard Pazdur speaks at BioPharma Congress in December 2021 (screenshot)
OCE Director Richard Pazdur wants China to join Project Orbis. • Source: screenshot

New drug applications that rely on patient data from a single country – such as China – are “problematic” and run counter to efforts in the U.S. to increase the diversity of patients enrolled in clinical trials, FDA Oncology Center for Excellence Director Rick Pazdur said during a 14 December session at the “virtual” Biopharma Congress.

Pazdur was asked to discuss the issue in light of an upcoming advisory committee review for Eli Lilly and...

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