Not Such A Sure Thing: FDA Knocks Back BioMarin’s Roctavian
Company’s Hemophilia A Gene Therapy Gets A CRL
Executive Summary
BioMarin’s confidence that its first-ever hemophilia gene therapy would be cleared by the US FDA was shaken by a complete response letter that the company claims changed the requirements for approval.
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