DTC For Accelerated Approval Drugs: US FDA Is Taking Another Look At Disclosure On Websites
Executive Summary
Study will assess responses of cancer survivors and caregivers to disclosures that a drug received accelerated approval. FDA analysis found that 73% of 26 accelerated approval drugs cited approval pathway on product websites.
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