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Dorothy Brooks

A Breast Cancer Drug Decision Due July 17 Could Open a New Treatment Path for 37,000 Women a Year Who Have No Good Options Now

Roughly 37,000 women with advanced breast cancer in the United States currently have no good treatment options after their disease progresses on standard first-line therapy. In four days, the FDA could change that.

The agency faces a July 17, 2026 deadline to decide whether to approve gedatolisib, an investigational drug developed by Celcuity, for patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, PIK3CA wild-type advanced breast cancer. The drug received both Priority Review and Breakthrough Therapy designation from the FDA — two designations the agency reserves for therapies addressing serious unmet medical needs.

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