Complete response letter
Conjupro Biotherapeutics, Inc.irinotecan liposome injection
NDA 218923 ·
- Application
- NDA 218923
- Letter date
- FDA center
- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
- FDA file
- CRL_NDA218923_20241010.pdf
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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.
NDA 218923
COMPLETE RESPONSE Conjupro Biotherapeutics, Inc. Attention: Xi-De Wang, Ph.D., RAC Vice President, Regulatory Science and Compliance 302 Carnegie Center, Suite 100 Princeton, NJ 08540 Dear Dr. Wang:
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Please refer to your new drug application (NDA) for (irinotecan liposome injection), oe
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We have completed our review of this application, as amended, 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 1. Following pre-approval inspection of om
, listed in this application, FDA conveyed deficiencies to the representative of the facility. The FDA conducted an expedited, risk-based review of the available information from the inspection and determined that the deficiencies represent significant issues that adversely impact the facility's ability to perform the designated functions described in your application. The facility should provide satisfactory responses to these deficiencies to the FDA office indicated on the FDA 483 prior to your complete response resubmission. Your complete response should include the date(s) of the facility’s response(s) to the FDA Form 483. If the FDA determines the deficiencies resolved following a full review of the inspection and 483 responses after this Complete Response Letter, the facility will be informed. Otherwise, further 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.
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CLINICAL
Due to restrictions on travel, we were unable to complete all Office of Study Integrity and Surveillance inspections during this review cycle. Inspections will be deferred until resubmission.
PRESCRIBING INFORMATION
We reserve comment on the proposed labeling until the application is otherwise adequate. We encourage you to review the labeling review resources on the Prescription Drug Labeling Resources! and Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Final Rule? websites, including regulations and related guidance documents and the Selected Requirements for Prescribing Information (SRPI) - a checklist of important format items from labeling regulations and guidances.
CARTON AND CONTAINER LABELING
We reserve comment on the proposed labeling until the application is otherwise adequate.
PROPRIETARY NAME
Please refer to correspondence dated, oo , 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 the application deficiencies that have been identified in this letter.
SAFETY UPDATE
When you respond to the above deficiencies, include a safety update as described at 21 CFR 314.50(d)(5)(vi)(b). The safety update should include data from all nonclinical and clinical studies/trials of the drug under consideration regardless of indication, dosage form, or dose level.
(1) Describe in detail any significant changes or findings in the safety profile.
(2) When assembling the sections describing discontinuations due to adverse events, serious adverse events, and common adverse events, incorporate new safety data as follows:
1 https://www.fda.gov/drugs/laws-acts-and-rules/prescription-drug-labeling-resources
2 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
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e Present new safety data from the studies/clinical trials for the proposed indication using the same format as in the original submission.
e Present tabulations of the new safety data combined with the original application data.
e Include tables that compare frequencies of adverse events in the original application with the retabulated frequencies described in the bullet above.
e For indications other than the proposed indication, provide separate tables for the frequencies of adverse events occurring in Clinical trials.
(3) Present a retabulation of the reasons for premature trial discontinuation by incorporating the drop-outs from the newly completed trials. Describe any new trends or patterns identified.
(4) Provide case report forms and narrative summaries for each subject who died during a Clinical trial or who did not complete a trial 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 application data.
(6) Provide updated exposure information for the clinical studies/trials (e.g., number of subjects, person time).
(7) Provide a summary of worldwide experience on the safety of this drug. Include an updated estimate of use for drug marketed in other countries.
(8) Provide English translations of current approved foreign labeling not previously submitted.
OTHER
Within one year after the date of this letter, you are required to resubmit or take other actions available under 21 CFR 314.110. 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 314.65. 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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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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 PDUFA 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 om
Sincerely,
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Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD 20993 www.fda.gov
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