Ocaliva Confirmatory Trial Failed To Verify Benefit In Primary Biliary Cholangitis, US FDA Says

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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Intercept may struggle to explain why Ocaliva should convert to regular approval. • Source: Shutterstock

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. may struggle to preserve the future of its primary biliary cholangitis drug Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) following the US Food and Drug Administration’s negative review of a confirmatory trial and real-world evidence study.

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Alfasigma S.p.A., is seeking conversion of Ocaliva from accelerated to regular...

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