Accelerated Approval Makes Big Splash In 2021 Novel Agents, Despite Crackdown On ‘Dangling’ Cancer Claims
Executive Summary
US FDA’s accelerated approvals hit a contemporary high in 2021, accounting for one-third of novel US approvals, but the big story was the agency’s crackdown on delinquent confirmatory trials for oncology AA indications.
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