FDA Catalyst Intelligence · Biotech Investors
PDUFA Pulse
MONDAY · JULY 13, 2026
PoA = directional probability-of-approval estimate; not FDA guidance. Weekend PDUFAs may resolve on the nearest business day.
► The Board · Jul 13 – Aug 13
“TRUTAKNA PRINTED. CELC IS NEXT.”

Late July has compressed: MNKD’s weekend clock, OTLK’s Class 1 review, VTRS’s 505(b)(2) patch and REPL’s newly confirmed July 30 AdCom now sit inside five calendar days.

The late-July cluster splits across evidence and label scope, delivery-format execution, Class 1 closeout and AdCom-led evidence adequacy. MRNA adds an age-split vaccine pathway; LNTH adds diagnostic-performance and label risk.

 
► Live FDA Board
Date Ticker / Event Setup / Risk PoA
Fri
Jul 17
CELC
gedatolisib / HR+ HER2- PIK3CA WT ABC
Priority / RTOR
Evidence / label scope
87%
Sun
Jul 26
MNKD
FUROSCIX ReadyFlow Autoinjector
Delivery sNDA
Device / execution
73%
Wed
Jul 29
OTLK
LYTENAVA / wet AMD
Scarred Class 1
Label / closeout
85%
Thu
Jul 30
VTRS
MR-100A-01 weekly patch
505(b)(2) NDA
Efficacy / BMI / adhesion
90%
Thu
Jul 30
REPL
RP1 + nivolumab CTGTAC
AdCom watch
Evidence adequacy
ADCOM
Sun
Aug 2
REPL
RP1 + nivolumab / melanoma
Class 1 response
Evidence adequacy
19%
Wed
Aug 5
MRNA
MFLUSIVA / mRNA-1010
Post-AdCom BLA
Age-split pathway
85%
Thu
Aug 13
LNTH
MK-6240 tau PET imaging
Fast Track NDA
Performance / label
88%
Board dates and PoAs reflect current company/FDA disclosures and PDUFA Pulse editorial estimates.
 
► Board Delta · Since Last Monday
VERA / TRUTAKNA — ACCELERATED APPROVAL · JUL 7
FDA approved atacicept-vymj to reduce proteinuria in adults with primary IgA nephropathy at risk for disease progression. The binary resolved; the confirmatory clock remains open.
CELC — NOW FRONT BOARD
Gedatolisib is the next hard clock on Friday. Keep the submitted population narrow: HR+/HER2-/PIK3CA wild-type advanced breast cancer after prior CDK4/6 inhibitor plus aromatase-inhibitor therapy.
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REPL — CTGTAC ADCOM LOCKED FOR JUL 30
FDA’s Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee now lands three calendar days before the Aug. 2 action goal. The briefing documents and vote can move the setup before the PDUFA date does.
→ MRNA / LNTH — NOW OUTER BOARD
MFLUSIVA enters Aug. 5 after a favorable AdCom. MK-6240 adds an Aug. 13 diagnostic-imaging decision.
→ AUG. 17 CLUSTER — VERIFIED, NOT YET FRONT BOARD
MRK’s KEYTRUDA and KEYTRUDA QLEX label-expansion filings with Padcev, plus BMY’s iberdomide NDA, sit just outside this issue’s window.
 
► Risk Types On This Board
EVIDENCE / LABEL SCOPE
Does the clinical package support the proposed population, both regimens and the final label? CELC is the nearest example.
DEVICE / FORMAT EXECUTION
The active drug is familiar; delivery performance, efficacy, pharmacokinetics, usability and labeling drive MNKD and VTRS.
CLASS 1 RESUBMISSION
OND resolved OTLK’s substantial-evidence dispute and directed the team toward final labeling. Residual risk is label agreement, closeout or an undisclosed issue.
ADCOM / EVIDENCE ADEQUACY
The panel can change the setup before the action date. For REPL, the dispute is evidence adequacy—not manufacturing execution.
 
► Top Two Setups
CELC$CELC · gedatolisibFri Jul 17  PoA 87%
PRIORITY REVIEW / RTOR · EVIDENCE / LABEL SCOPE

CELC is the next hard clock. The NDA is based on the PIK3CA wild-type VIKTORIA-1 cohort after progression on or after a CDK4/6 inhibitor plus an aromatase inhibitor. Both evaluated regimens produced statistically significant PFS results, but the exact proposed-label wording is not public.

Submitted population: HR+/HER2-/PIK3CA WT advanced breast cancer after CDK4/6 inhibitor plus aromatase-inhibitor therapy.
FDA question: Does the package support the proposed population and both evaluated regimens, and what scope reaches the final label?
If approved: Read the label for population, regimen and safety-management requirements before extending the read-through.
If CRL: Separate efficacy, safety/tolerability, CMC and label-scope deficiencies; each creates a different reset.
What can change: An early company or FDA action. Otherwise the next hard public information is the decision.
REPL$REPL · RP1 + nivolumabAdCom Jul 30  PoA 19%
FDA GOAL: SUN AUG 2 · CLASS 1 RESPONSE / ADCOM

The AdCom is now the primary catalyst. FDA’s prior CRLs focused on substantial evidence of effectiveness, including RP1’s contribution to the combination, population heterogeneity and uncertainty around response assessment.

Proposed indication: RP1 with nivolumab for adults with advanced melanoma previously treated with an anti-PD-1-containing regimen.
FDA question: Has the resubmission overcome the agency’s evidence-adequacy objections?
If approved: The prior evidence-based CRLs reverse; label scope and postmarketing requirements become the next read.
If CRL: The likely reset remains evidentiary, not a short CMC or labeling fix.
What can change: FDA and sponsor briefing documents, followed by the July 30 discussion and vote.
 
► Failure Mode Of The Week · AdCom Inside The PDUFA Clock

REPL’s committee meeting is July 30. Its FDA goal date is Aug. 2.

The briefing package can change the setup before the panel meets, and the vote lands only three calendar days before the action goal. Treat the AdCom as the live event—not a footnote to the PDUFA date.

 
► If This Fails, What Broke?
CELCEfficacy package, population or regimen narrowing, or a separate safety/CMC problem?
MNKDDevice and delivery execution rather than the established furosemide thesis?
OTLKLabel or closeout failure, or an issue thought resolved through dispute resolution?
VTRSContraceptive efficacy, BMI-restricted population, adhesion, PK or safety language?
REPLDid the package still fail to establish effectiveness or isolate RP1’s contribution?
 
► Resolved / Removed
× VERA / TRUTAKNA — APPROVED
Accelerated approval printed July 7. Off the live decision board; the revised ORIGIN 3 eGFR analysis—the confirmatory read from the ongoing trial—is expected in Q3 2026.
 
► Weekly Posture

The board is heavier now, but the risk is sorted.

Resolved: VERA / TRUTAKNA.

Live: CELC → MNKD → OTLK / VTRS / REPL AdCom → REPL → MRNA → LNTH.

Highest-drama name: REPL, because the evidence debate becomes public only three days before the FDA goal date.

That is the queue.
Forward this to someone treating CELC, MNKD and REPL as the same FDA binary.

Informational only · Not investment advice · Biotech carries risk of total loss

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