FDA Guidance On Health Care Economic Data Is Coming In 2015
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Agency originally said it would issue a draft guidance on industry’s interactions with formulary committees in 2014, but CDER Director Woodcock says “extremely contentious” issues have slowed progress.
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