Pharmaceutical Business review

FDA to review Eisai’s sBLA for lymphoma drug

The supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) seeks to convert an accelerated approval indication into full approval. It is based on a placebo-controlled Phase III clinical trial to confirm the clinical effectiveness of Ontak in certain patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL).

Eisai’s Ontak is indicated for the treatment of patients with persistent or recurrent CTCL whose malignant cells express the CD25 component of the IL-2 receptor. The safety and efficacy of Ontak in patients with CTCL whose malignant cells do not express the CD25 component of the IL-2 receptor have not been examined.