Personalized Medicine’s Coming of Age Story
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
CDER Director Janet Woodcock is ready to declare victory for personalized medicine reaching the mainstream. That means it is time to move onto new challenges in drug development, such as inter-company collaboration.
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