US FDA 2020 Novel Approval Count Rises To 53 At CDER, Plus 5 New CBER Biologics
Executive Summary
FDA reviewers stuck to established assessment practices during the coronavirus crisis and produced one of the agency’s largest yearly novel approval counts ever.
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