CERTS presentation on drug risk workshops
Executive Summary
The Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics will present the research and education agenda resulting from its five therapeutic risk workshops March 6 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., at 9 a.m. Workshops to date have covered risk communication, risk assessment and benefit assessment; risk communication & the media will be held on Jan. 7-8 and risk management on Jan. 13-14. The workshops are co-sponsored by CERTs, PhRMA, AHRQ and FDA (1"The Pink Sheet" July 8, p. 21)...
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