Science Explained ???? : Understand the FDA Designations
Following the latest FDA grant for "breakthrough therapy designation" to one of?Novartis?NSCLC therapies, I realized I never fully understood what all these designations mean and how they differ. After a brief research, this is what I could put together.
1. Breakthrough Therapy Designation: Given to promising drugs that show early signs of being significantly better than existing treatments for serious conditions. It helps speed up the development and review process by enhancing communication between the FDA and drug developers.
2. Fast Track Designation: Speeds up the development and review of drugs for serious conditions with unmet needs. It includes more communication with the FDA and the potential for a quicker review.
3. Priority Review Designation: Granted to drugs that bring substantial improvements in safety or effectiveness for serious conditions. It shortens the FDA review time from 10 to 6 months.
4. Orphan Drug Designation: Given to drugs aimed at treating rare diseases, offering incentives to encourage their development for small patient populations.
5. Accelerated Approval: Allows for the early approval of drugs for serious conditions with unmet needs based on an endpoint likely to predict clinical benefit.
6. Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) Designation: For certain innovative therapies like cell or gene therapies that have the potential to treat serious or life-threatening conditions.
7. Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) Designation: Given to drugs for serious or life-threatening infections, offering incentives like priority review and extra market exclusivity.
Let me know if you think this is accurate, I've tried my best!
Did you know all the different designations? Drop me a comment if I have missed something!
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