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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date for Axogen Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AXGN) Biologics License Application (BLA) for Avance Nerve Graft by three months, pushing the deadline to December 5, 2025. This decision follows a communication from the FDA indicating that the information submitted by Axogen in response to an FDA information request was deemed a Major Amendment to its BLA. This additional time allows the FDA to thoroughly review the submission, which includes substantial new manufacturing and facility data [1].

Avance Nerve Graft is a biologically active off-the-shelf processed human nerve allograft designed to bridge severed peripheral nerves without the comorbidities associated with a second surgical site. The company expects the approval of Avance Nerve Graft to negatively impact gross margin by approximately 1% but anticipates positive net cash flow for the full year [1].

Separately, Bioxcel Therapeutics' stock surged 16.03% pre-market on August 27, 2025, following positive topline data from its SERENITY At-Home Phase 3 trial for BXCL501. The company will present safety and efficacy results during a conference call and webcast scheduled for August 27, 2025. The trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of BXCL501, a proprietary sublingual film formulation of dexmedetomidine, as an acute treatment for agitation associated with bipolar disorders or schizophrenia in the at-home setting [2].

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[1] https://www.aol.com/fda-pushes-back-axogen-avance-163906247.html
[2] https://www.ainvest.com/news/bioxcel-therapeutics-soars-16-03-positive-clinical-trial-data-2508/