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JAMA NETWORK OPEN
Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
AMER MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.16183
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- National Cancer Institute [U01 CA231840]
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This study compared the market authorization dates for new oncology therapies approved in the US and Europe over the past decade, and examined and contrasted the regulatory activities of the FDA and EMA in the approval of new cancer medicines. The results showed that the US approved oncology therapies earlier than Europe, with the FDA receiving licensing applications sooner and having shorter review times.
IMPORTANCE Ensuring patients have access to safe and efficacious medicines in a timely manner is an essential goal for regulatory agencies, one which has particular importance in oncology because of the substantial unmet need for new therapies. The 2 largest regulatory agencies, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (E MA), have pivotal global roles, and their recommendations and approvals are frequently followed by other national regulators. OBJECTIVE To compare market authorization dates for new oncology therapies approved in the US and Europe over the past decade and to examine and contrast the regulatory activities of the FDA and EMA in the approval of new cancer medicines. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This cross-sectional study reviewed the FDA and EMA regulatory databases to identify new oncology therapies approved in both the US and Europe from 2010 to 2019, and characterization of the timings of regulatory activities. Statistical analysis was performed from January to April 2022. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Regulatory approval date, review time, submission of market authorization application, accelerated approval or conditional marketing authorization status and proportion of approvals prior to peer-reviewed publication of pivotal trial results. RESULTS In total, 89 new concomitant oncology therapies were approved in the US and Europe from 2010 to 2019. The FDA approved 85 oncology therapies (95%) before European authorization and 4 therapies (5%) after. The median (IQR) delay in market authorization for new oncology therapies in Europe was 241(150-370) days compared with the US. The median (IQR) review time was 200 (155-277) days for the FDA and 426 (358-480) days for the EMA. Sixty-four new licensing applications (72%) were submitted to the FDA first, compared with 21(23%) tothe EMA. Thirty-five oncology therapies (39%) were approved by the FDA prior to pivotal study publication, whereas only 8 (9%) by the EMA. CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE In this cross-sectional study, new oncology therapies were approved earlier in the US than Europe. The FDA received licensing applications sooner and had shorter review times. However, more therapies were approved prior to licensing study publication, leaving uncertainty for practitioners regarding clinical utility and safety of newly approved therapies.
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