Stakeholders Still Confused About Breakthrough Standards, Difference From Fast Track
Executive Summary
Agency officials responded to almost 50 queries during a webinar on a draft guidance intended to clarify use of the fast track, breakthrough therapy, priority review and accelerated approval regulatory pathways. Most questions related to the breakthrough program.
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