FDA’s COVID-19 Pandemic Plan Calls For Ongoing Clinical Trial Innovation
Executive Summary
Broader use of adaptive trial designs and master protocols, checklist-based application review, and enhancement of real-world monitoring of products are among the recommendations of US FDA's COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Preparedness Plan (PREPP) report, an effort months in making based on interviews with agency management, staff, and outside stakeholders.
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