AstraZeneca Withdraws Iressa Accelerated Approval NDA; Rules out Refiling with PGx Data

Although the decision to withdraw its accelerated approval NDA doesn't preclude the company from filing an entirely new NDA for Iressa in NSCLC patients with EGFR mutations, as it has done in several European countries, AstraZeneca has decided not to try to relaunch Iressa with a PGx strategy in the US.