US FDA Postmarketing Drug Safety Modernization Plan Will Cut Across Review Disciplines
Executive Summary
Detection of nitrosamine impurities in some marketed drugs highlights need for standardized, consistent approach to systematically monitor risks of drugs throughout their lifecycles, CDER’s Janet Woodcock says. Safety monitoring overhaul is lagging behind new drug review modernization effort, but implementation is expected to begin in 2020.
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