FDA’s Pazdur Believes ‘Advanced Research’ Project Could Address Trial ‘Wastefulness’
Executive Summary
ARPA-H could be a solution to some of FDA’s long-running complaints about US clinical trial infrastructure, the agency's cancer chief says.
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