Pandemic Perspectives: US FDA ACTT’s On Its Faith In Randomized Trials With Veklury Approval Despite WHO Study
Executive Summary
US FDA has not deviated from its bedrock trust in the value of ‘statistically reliable’ endpoints amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pink Sheet’s Drug Review Profile of Gilead’s Veklury shows.
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