Expanded Access Opens Window For Dose Optimization Studies In Cancer
Executive Summary
The period after completion of pivotal trials but ahead of FDA approval provides an opportunity for oncology drug sponsors to conduct badly needed dose comparison trials, a multi-stakeholder panel says at the annual Conference on Clinical Cancer Research.
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