Ep. 270 - Temple’s FDA Legacy. Plus: Chinese Innovation & Novo Obesity Data

Preview: In his five decades at FDA, Robert “Bob” Temple helped revolutionize the ways medical products are developed and regulated. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, Washington Editor Steve Usdin reflects on the legacy of Temple. Temple, who is retiring, crafted the modern clinical trial paradigm, created the accelerated approval pathway, and set precedents for incorporating patient perspectives in regulatory decisions. Usdin also discusses the opportunities and threats for the agency under Trump 2.0.BioCentury's editors also discuss China’s academic innovation, arguing that a wave of new target biology is now coming from Chinese university labs and the underwhelming results from CagriSema’s latest readout. Phase III data for the most important weight loss candidate from  Novo Nordisk A/S (CSE:NOVO-B; NYSE:NVO) failed to differentiate the product from Eli Lilly's Zepbound.View full story:https://www.biocentury.com/article/654574/temple-s-fda-legacy-plus-chinese-innovation-novo-obesity-data-a-biocentury-podcast00:00 - Introduction02:03 - Bob Temple's Legacy16:13 - China's Academic Innovation26:20 - CagriSema Obesity DataTo submit a question to BioCentury’s editors, email the BioCentury This Week team at [email protected] us by sending a text

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