FDA panel knocks down Pfizer, Lilly’s osteoarthritis pain drug in near-unanimous vote – FierceBiotech

After dozens of trials over more than 15 years, Pfizer and Eli Lillys osteoarthritis hopeful was poised for an FDA decision in December 2020that is, until the agency called a panel of outside experts to chew over the drugs application. That panel came down against the drug in a vote on Thursday because of major safety risks and an inadequate plan to manage them.
The Arthritis Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee voted 19-1 that a drug safety strategy proposed…

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