Rare Disease Gene Therapy Guidance Gives More Flexibility On Placebo-Controlled Trials
Executive Summary
US FDA declined stakeholder requests to remove recommendation for placebo controls from a final guidance but added qualifying language on their use ‘when feasible.’ While the agency excised language on biomarker validation from the final guidance, it reaffirmed the need for early establishment of critical quality attributes and critical process parameters.
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