FDA Chief Defends Replimune Rejection, Cites Independent Reviews and Precedents

TL;DR
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary defended the agency’s rejection of Replimune’s melanoma drug candidate in a CNBC interview, saying independent review teams reached the same conclusion and denying corrupt sweetheart deals, while pointing to past approvals like Aduhelm and a Covid-19 booster for young healthy kids as precedents.
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