U.S. FDA extends review of BioMarin's bleeding disorder therapy
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[March 08, 2023]
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has
extended the review of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc's experimental gene
therapy for adults with a severe bleeding disorder, the latest delay in
the company's quest to gain approval in the country.
The FDA said late on Monday it needed more time to review a three-year
analysis from the company's ongoing late-stage study, which BioMarin
submitted earlier this year, and will make a decision by June 30. The
regulator had earlier set March 31 as its decision date.
The potential one-time treatment, if approved, will be the first gene
therapy for hemophilia A, a genetic bleeding disorder that affects one
in 10,000 people and requires regular infusions of a blood clotting
protein called factor VIII.
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Signage is seen outside of the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S.,
August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/
The FDA had rejected the drug in August 2020, citing the need for
longer-term data. It was granted conditional marketing authorization
in the European Union in August last year.
(Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)
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