Systematizing Patient Views Unlikely, FDA’s Temple Says

Stakeholders want an objective way for patient views to be considered in a benefit-risk decision, but FDA’s Bob Temple says weighing patient decisions depends on imprecise things.

Stakeholders may believe that FDA can systematize patients’ willingness to take more risk into the drug review process, but agency official Robert Temple said the way those opinions influence approvals likely will remain subjective.

Drug developers and others would like the agency to create a formal process for incorporating patient opinions into its decision-making

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