Clinical Trial Enrichment Could Require Post-Market Studies, Labeling To Address Shortcomings
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
FDA’s guidance on clinical trial enrichment notes that a lack of information on patients without the enrichment characteristic may result in Phase IV studies to characterize a drug’s safety and efficacy in a broader population.
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