The latest drug development news and highlights from the Pink Sheet’s US FDA Performance Tracker.

A complete response letter from the FDA has dashed Sesen Bio’s hopes of being first with a therapy for treating BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Its CEO says the FDA’s move may reflect heightened ‘pressure’ regulator is under.

This quarter has already seen a complete response letter for Iterum Therapeutics’ antibiotic sulopenem but a raft of other products are expecting approval decisions from the US Food and Drug Administration in the next three months. With the help of analysts at Biomedtracker, Scrip takes a look at 10 of the more interesting ones.

New regulatory measures shorten clinical trial approval times and usher in busy deal-making between large makers and smaller biotechs outside China.