In 2023, the US FDA approved several new cancer drugs and biologic agents, including seven small-molecule inhibitors, four bispecific T cell engagers, two anti-PD-1 antibodies and one cell therapy product. Regulatory focus areas included analyses of biomarker-positive subgroups that drive efficacy, equipoise in randomized controlled trials and a new authority to require confirmatory trials be underway before accelerated approval.
- Kelly J. Norsworthy
- Rosa J. Lee-Alonzo
- Richard Pazdur