Below is a summary of updates to the
BioMedReports.com FDA Calendar, which includes a database of over 200 entries. The calendar was originally created by Mike Havrilla to track companies with pending new drug, biological agent, or medical device new product decisions at the FDA. With the launch of
BioMedReports.com, the FDA Calendar has expanded to include the following categories: pending new submissions to the FDA (e.g. NDA, BLA, 510k, PMA, sNDA, sBLA filings), pending complete response letter (CRL) re-submissions to the FDA, and pending late-stage pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial results which are designed to support a filing for FDA approval.
Before reviewing the latest updates, below are two companies from the FDA Calendar with pending catalysts expected within the next week.
Savient Phama (NASDAQ:SVNT) announced on 5/7/09 that its pending BLA for Krystexxa (pegloticase), a novel biological drug for treatment failure gout patients, will be reviewed by an Arthritis Advisory Committee appointed by the FDA on 6/16/09. In December, the FDA accepted the Company's BLA and granted priority review status, but SVNT submitted several key amendments for the BLA earlier this year in January. The FDA accepted the amendments and determined that the additional information constituted a major amendment and extended the original PDUFA action date by three months to 8/1/09.
BioDelivery Sciences (NASDAQ:BDSI) has a pending Onsolis (BEMA fentanyl) NDA resubmission for the proposed treatment of breakthrough cancer pain through a small, dissolving polymer delivery system for the opiate painkiller fentanyl designed for quick absorption through the cheek. On 12/15/08, BDSI announced in a press release that the FDA requested conversion of the originally submitted risk minimization action plan (RiskMAP) to a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) and informed the Company that all other aspects of the NDA review were complete.
Given this information, the prospects for Onsolis approval appear excellent, with an approval decision possible as early as Friday 6/12/09 or the following Monday based on a Class II (six-month) review by the agency on the resubmission of the required REMS by BDSI.
