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July 8, 2025 29 mins

Oncology regulation has been less affected by recent changes in FDA leadership than other parts of the agency. On a special sponsored edition of the BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts assess what has and hasn’t changed at FDA when it come to regulating cancer therapeutics.
Special Guest Liz O’Brien joins BioCentury’s analysts to discuss how biotechs can navigate FDA’s Project Optimus and EMA’s Joint Clinical Assessment as well as the differences between the two agencies. O’Brien is a former EMA regulator who is now therapeutic expert, oncology and women’s health, drug development solutions at BioCentury This Week sponsor ICON Biotech.

View full story: https://www.biocentury.com/article/656371

#biotech #biopharma #pharma #lifescience #FDA #cancer #CAR_T

00:01 - Sponsor Message: ICON Biotech
02:30 - FDA Cancer Regulations
07:48 - Project Optimus
25:12 - CAR T REMS Removal

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