Sponsors still say they have no evidence the CAR-Ts cause secondary malignancy even though US FDA ordered their labels updated with a boxed warning of the adverse event. Tecartus label will not state that postmarketing secondary malignancies have been found in patients using the product.
Any questions about updating CAR-T labels to include the risk of secondary malignancy have been answered by the US Food and Drug Administration, although sponsors still are not certain the products cause the adverse event.
The Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research mandated a new boxed warning for six CAR-T therapies acknowledging the risk of...
In what could amount to a de facto enforcement mechanism, the new draft guidance also “strongly encourages” sponsors to share details about their diversity action plan and enrollment goals with the public.
Long-term follow-up requirements have taken a conservative approach but could be ripe for re-examination and global harmonization given the years of experience with the products, Kite Pharma executive director says; former FDA gene/cell therapy office head Wilson Bryan calls for elimination of the classwide REMS.
Program for collaborative reviews of gene therapy applications is getting under way with the European Medicines Agency. After launch, the pilot could be expanded to earlier discussions around CMC and pharm/tox data requirements, FDA’s Nicole Verdun said.
