Patient-Reported Outcomes in Oncology: The Jakafi and Zytiga Exceptions
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
Oncology is the biggest area of biopharmaceutical R&D where patient-reported outcomes are not routinely collected during clinical trials. There are some good reasons why. Jakafi and Zytiga remain outliers oncology treatment with a PRO in the approved label.
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