New COVID Therapeutic Development Hitting Regulatory Wall At US FDA
Executive Summary
FDA trial design criteria pose challenges for new COVID therapeutic development, frustrating companies and NIH and prompting a tense meeting earlier this summer, according to audio obtained by the Pink Sheet.
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