Another PI3K Inhibitor Will Be Withdrawn From U.S. Market

  • Dec 14, 2023

    Bayer recently revealed that it will work with the FDA to voluntarily withdraw the New Drug Application (NDA) for its cancer drug Aliqopa (copanlisib). The therapy is the latest phosphoinositide 3-kinase — also called phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase — (PI3K) inhibitor/indication with accelerated approval to treat a hematologic malignancy to be pulled from the U.S. market, potentially spurring payers to take a closer look at these agents.

    The agency gave Aliqopa accelerated approval on Sept. 14, 2017, for the treatment of adults with relapsed follicular lymphoma (FL) who have received at least two systemic therapies. Approval was based on the CHRONOS-1 Phase II clinical trial. In the confirmatory study, CHRONOS-4, adding Aliqopa to standard immunochemotherapy regimens did not meet the primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) vs. the standard immunochemotherapy control arm. Bayer says it will publish the trial results “in a timely manner.”

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  • Angela Maas

    Angela has an extensive background of editing, reporting and writing for trade and consumer publications. She has written Radar on Specialty Pharmacy since she joined AIS Health in 2005 and has broad knowledge of the various issues at play within the space. She also has written for Spotlight on Market Access since its 2017 launch. Before joining AIS Health, she was managing editor at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit News Canada and managing editor at Hem Aware (a hemophilia publication), Lupus Living and Momentum (a multiple sclerosis publication). She has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in British literature from Arizona State University.

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