FDA Needs Formal Mechanism To Integrate Patient Input, Groups Say
Executive Summary
Although FDA says its drug reviewers are benefiting from the patient-focused drug development meetings under PDUFA V, stakeholders say a formal methodology is needed to incorporate patient input into the benefit-risk framework and drug review process.
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