The panels' non-decision puts the question squarely back in front of the full FDA. Should it approve the drug right away but with restrictions and demands forfurtherstudies?
It has been my desire to go forfurtherstudies, and recently I got an invitation to apply for a one year sponsored fellowship at Harvard University, all this, because I was a winner at the CNN MultiChoice awards.
"As with other treatments approved under our accelerated approval process, furtherstudies are necessary for clarifying Velcade's clinical benefits, " McClellan said.