Patient Advocacy With FDA Review Staff Will Be Tougher Post-Sarepta
Executive Summary
Efforts by CDER management to encourage more interaction between patients and FDA reviewers may be part of the collateral damage from the difficult FDA review of Sarepta’s Exondys 51. The hopes of parents of boys with DMD pushed the regulatory flexibility by CDER management on this application – but may end up limiting the willingness of FDA reviewers to engage with patients in the future.
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