Is The US FDA At A Tipping Point?
Executive Summary
Wall Street is worried that a cluster of recent negative regulatory events means tougher reviews going forward. That concern is probably overdone, but a year into the COVID pandemic is a good time to take stock of how FDA is doing.
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