- Company
- Tanvex BioPharma USA, Inc.
- Product
- TX05
- Application
- BLA 761266
- Letter date
- FDA center
- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
- FDA file
- CRL_BLA761266_20250103.pdf
New to these? What a complete response letter means, and what the company has to do next.
Other letters to Tanvex BioPharma USA, Inc.
The letter
As published in FDA’s complete response letter transparency release (export 2026-08-26). The text is machine-read from FDA’s PDF, so spacing and spelling errors are artifacts of that process; (b) (4) marks FDA’s own redactions.
BLA 761266 COMPLETE RESPONSE
Tanvex BioPharma USA, Inc. Attention: Bonnie Mills, PhD Regulatory Consultant
2030 Main Street, Suite 600 Irvine, CA 92614
Dear Dr. Mills: Please refer to your biologics license application om
for TX05. We acknowledge receipt of your amendment om , which constituted a complete response to our om , action letter. We have completed our review of this application and have determined that we cannot approve this application in its present form. We have described our reasons for this action below and, where possible, our recommendations to address these issues.
FACILITY INSPECTIONS Following pre-license inspection of om
), listed in this application, the FDA conveyed deficiencies to the representative of the facility. The facility should provide satisfactory responses to these deficiencies to the FDA office indicated on the FDA 483 prior to your complete response to your application. Your complete response should include the date(s) of the facility’s response to the FDA Form 483. The assessment of application approvability and the resolution of inspection deficiencies would be evaluated upon receipt of the complete response and may include re-inspection of the facility. Please work with the facility in resolving the related deficiencies.
SAFETY UPDATE When you respond to the above deficiencies, include a safety update. The safety update should include data from all nonclinical and clinical studies of the product under
consideration regardless of indication, dosage form, or dose level.
(1) Describe in detail any significant changes or findings in the safety profile and their relevance, if any, to whether there may be clinically meaningful differences
Reference ID: 5505795
BLA 761266
Page 2 between the proposed biosimilar product and the U.S.-licensed reference product.
(2) When assembling the sections describing discontinuations due to adverse events, serious adverse events, and common adverse events, incorporate new
safety data as follows:
e Present new safety data from the clinical studies for the proposed indication using the same format as the original BLA submission.
e Present tabulations of the new safety data combined with the original BLA data.
e Include tables that compare frequencies of adverse events in the original BLA with the retabulated frequencies described in the bullet above.
(3) Present a retabulation of the reasons for premature study discontinuation by incorporating the drop-outs from the newly completed studies. Describe any new
trends or patterns identified.
(4) Provide case report forms and narrative summaries for each subject who died during a Clinical study or who did not complete a study because of an adverse event. In addition, provide narrative summaries for serious adverse events.
(5) Describe any information that suggests a substantial change in the incidence of common, but less serious, adverse events between the new data and the original
BLA data.
(6) Provide updated exposure information for the clinical studies (e.g., number of subjects, person time).
(7) Provide a summary of worldwide experience on the safety of this product, including adverse events known to be associated with the use of the product and immunogenicity. Include an updated estimate of use for this product marketed in
other countries.
(8) Provide English translations of current approved foreign labeling not previously submitted.
PRESCRIBING INFORMATION Submit draft labeling that is responsive to your electronic communication dated
Prior to resubmitting the labeling, use the SRPI checklist to correct any formatting errors to ensure conformance with the format items in regulations and guidances. In addition,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD 20993 www.fda.gov
Reference ID: 5505795
BLA 761266 Page 3
submit updated content of labeling [21 CFR 601.14(b)] in structured product labeling (SPL) format as described at FDA.gov.'
To facilitate review of your submission, provide a highlighted or marked-up copy that shows all changes, as well as a clean Word version. The marked-up copy should include annotations that support any proposed changes.
Your proposed Prescribing Information (PI) must conform to the content and format regulations found at 21 CFR 201.56(a) and (d) and 201.57. As you develop your proposed PI, we encourage you to review the labeling review resources on the Prescription Drug Labeling Resources? and Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Final Rule? websites, which include:
e The Final Rule (Physician Labeling Rule) on the content and format of the Pl for human drug and biological products
e The Final Rule (Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule) on the content and format of information in the PI on pregnancy, lactation, and females and males of reproductive potential
e Regulations and related guidance documents
e Asample tool illustrating the format for Highlights and Contents, and
e The Selected Requirements for Prescribing Information (SRPI) - a checklist of important format items from labeling regulations and guidances.
e FDA's established pharmacologic class (EPC) text phrases for inclusion in the Highlights Indications and Usage heading.
e Additional resources for the PI, patient labeling, and carton/container labeling.
In addition, we encourage you to review the draft guidance for industry Labeling for Biosimilar Products.
CARTON AND CONTAINER LABELING
Submit draft carton and container labeling based on your submission dated
1 http://www.fda.gov/Forlndustry/DataStandards/StructuredProductLabeling/default.htm
2 https://www.fda.gov/drugs/laws-acts-and-rules/prescription-drug-labeling-resources
3 https://www.fda.gov/drugs/labeling-information-drug-products/pregnancy-and-lactation-labeling-drugs-final-rule U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD 20993
www.fda.gov
Reference ID: 5505795
BLA 761266 Page 4
PROPRIETARY NAME
Please refer to correspondence dated, a. which addresses the proposed proprietary name, | This name was found conditionally acceptable pending approval of the application in the current review cycle. Please resubmit the proposed proprietary name when you respond to all the application deficiencies that have been identified in this letter.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
We have the following comments/recommendations that are not approvability issues:
MICROBIOLOGY
PRODUCT QUALITY
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD 20993 www.fda.gov
Reference ID: 5505795
BLA 761266
Page 5 4)
OTHER
Within one year after the date of this letter, you are required to resubmit or take other actions available under 21 CFR 601.3(b)). If you do not take one of these actions, we may consider your lack of response a request to withdraw the application under
21 CFR 601.3(c). You may also request an extension of time in which to resubmit the application.
A resubmission must fully address all the deficiencies listed in this letter and should be clearly marked with "RESUBMISSION" in large font, bolded type at the beginning of the cover letter of the submission. The cover letter should clearly state that you consider this resubmission a complete response to the deficiencies outlined in this letter. A partial response to this letter will not be processed as a resubmission and will not start a new review cycle.
You may request a meeting or teleconference with us to discuss what steps you need to take before the application may be approved. If you wish to have such a meeting, submit your meeting request as described in the draft guidance for industry Formal Meetings Between the FDA and Sponsors or Applicants of BsUFA Products.
The product may not be legally marketed until you have been notified in writing that this application is approved.
If you have any questions, call oe
Sincerely,
{See appended electronic signature page}
@) 4)
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD 20993 www.fda.gov
Reference ID: 5505795
Signature Page 1 of 1
This is a representation of an electronic record that was signed electronically. Following this are manifestations of any and all electronic signatures for this electronic record.
(b) (4)
01/03/2025 12:07:03 PM
Reference ID: 5505795
What happens to the company after a letter like this
A complete response letter moves a timeline, a cash runway and a valuation at once. FuzeBio reads a biotech end to end on demand — the pipeline in plain English, trial design and endpoints, competitors, the cash position, and a valuation with its assumptions on the page. Moderna’s report is open in full, no account.
Open the Moderna reportA complete sample report — nothing held back, no sign-up.