Excuses, Excuses: How ‘Delayed’ Confirmatory Trials Are Explained By FDA
Executive Summary
US FDA currently reports about two dozen Accelerated Approval having ‘delays’ in the confirmatory trials. COVID is one factor in some – and the agency also appears to be clearing out some of the others.
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