FDA’s Post-Market Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Guidance Is 3 Years Away
Executive Summary
FDA told participants at a May 7 workshop that it plans to have draft guidance for conducting post-market pharmacoepidemiologic safety studies ready for review in fiscal 2010, with final guidance to be released a year later
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