Flaws Of ‘Virtual’ Advisory Committees Highlighted At Aducanumab Panel
Executive Summary
The intensely negative advisory committee for Biogen’s proposed Alzheimer’s therapy was a shocker. Would it have happened if US FDA had been able to convene an in-person event instead of a ‘virtual’ one?
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