Pandemic Accelerates US FDA’s Use Of Real-World Data From Clinical Trial Design To Supply Chain
Executive Summary
FDA’s Amy Abernethy describes how agency’s use of real-world data has evolved in response to COVID-19 and the ‘a-ha’ moment of leveraging different data sources to understand the coronavirus. Takeda R&D President Andrew Plump notes difficulties with platform trials and limitations on data sharing.
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