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FDA Sets a July 30 Panel on Replimune’s Melanoma Drug

FDA’s advisory committee for cell, tissue, and gene therapies will meet on 30 July to weigh Replimune’s vusolimogene oderparepvec for advanced melanoma. The meeting is virtual, the docket closes 29 July, and the deadline to reach the committee is sooner than that.

FDA

FDA Can Now Ask the Public for OTC Monograph Data

A one-page notice in Thursday’s Federal Register explains how FDA will formally ask the public for data to inform changes to over-the-counter drug monographs. It reads like plumbing. It is also a lever the agency can now pull on its own initiative.

Guidance

FDA Retires a 1995 Guidance on Topical Steroids

The vasoconstrictor test that decides whether a generic hydrocortisone cream is equivalent to the brand had been governed, on paper, by a document from the Clinton administration. FDA finally replaced it — and, unusually, said what moved.

Devices

MDUFA VI: The Draft Deal Is Out, With a Faster 510(k) Clock

The draft commitment letter for FY 2028–2032 would ramp the 510(k) shared outcome goal down to 112 days, charge a fee for Pre-Submissions, and invent a 45-day follow-up meeting type. The public gets its say on 5 August — and thirty days to write it down.

FDA

FDA Sets a September Hearing on Psychedelic Therapy

The same Federal Register issue that finalised the psychedelic trial guidance also scheduled a part 15 hearing on what comes after approval — training, safety, access, and data. The notice is equally precise about the five things it will not discuss.

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