As More Products Get Priority Review, User Fee Cost Gap From Standard Review Is Narrowing

US FDA’s priority review voucher fee will decrease again in FY 2022 as the cost of a priority assessment continues to trend closer to the cost of a standard assessment.

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The FDA has been conducting an increasing number of priority assessments of NME NDAs and BLAs in recent years. • Source: Alamy

The difference between the cost of standard and priority assessments continues to narrow, a signal not only of the growing popularity of expedited pathways, but also that the US Food and Drug Administration eventually may not need a full 12 months to determine the fate of an application.

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