Woodcock to the Rescue: Is CDER Approving More Products?
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
The financial community believes in Janet Woodcock: some analysts are predicting an improving climate for drug approvals based on her return to FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation & Research. Woodcock says standards aren't changing-but she does seem to relish making the tough decisions that make some approvals possible.
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