FDA Patient Affairs Office Needed To Improve Conflict Of Interest, NORD Says
Executive Summary
Elevating FDA's handling of patient-related issues could help ensure more patients get on advisory committees, rare disease advocates say, but agency notes that waivers are always an option.
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