FDA advisory committee votes on accelerated approval for investigational medicine olaparib
AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted 11 to 2 that current evidence from clinical studies does not support an accelerated approval for use of olaparib as a maintenance treatment for women with platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer who have the germline BRCA (gBRCA) mutation, and who are in complete or partial response to platinum-based chemotherapy. The ODAC provides the FDA with independent, expert advice and recommendations, however the final decision regarding approval is made by the FDA.