Accelerated Approvals Convert Much Faster If Confirmatory Trial Already Underway, FDA Cancer Data Shows
Executive Summary
Oncology Center of Excellence’s ‘Project Confirm’ finds that if a confirmatory trial is ongoing at the time of accelerated approval, conversion to regular approval takes an average of three years versus 4.9 years if the trial starts after AA.
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