FDA Often Looks Outside The Application, Review Documents Show
This article was originally published in Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly
Executive Summary
A look back at the past year of Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly’s Drug Review Profile series illustrates the many ways FDA takes external factors into consideration when reviewing an application – from guiding trials to look for certain class safety signals to finding support for a particular endpoint.
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