Lessons From Avastin: Accelerated Approval Needs “Easy On, Easy Off” Mechanism, Pazdur Says
Executive Summary
FDA’s oncology office director says the resource-intensive hearing process for withdrawing bevacizumab’s breast cancer claim demonstrates that it is “untenable for a large number of drugs.”
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