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A third member of a panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has resigned in protest over the agencyâs decision to approve Biogen Incâs (BIIB.O) Alzheimerâs disease treatment despite the committeeâs recommendation against doing so.
Aaron Kesselheim, a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School who had served on the FDAâs advisory committee for nervous system drugs since 2015, told Reuters on Thursday he was stepping down from the panel. My rationale was that the FDA needs to re-evaluate how it solicits and uses the advisory committees . because I didnât think that the firm recommendations from the committee in this case . were appropriately integrated into the decision-making process, Kesselheim said in an email.
WESTON (dpa-AFX) - Two members of an advisory committee of US Food and Drug Administration have resigned over the regulator's decision to approve Biogen Inc.'s (BIIB) new Alzheimer's drug.Mayo