Pink Sheet Podcast: Finally, A US FDA User Fee Deal, ‘Pandemic Is Over’ Take-Aways, Tpoxx Development Issues
Executive Summary
Pink Sheet reporters and editor discuss the impact of the long wait for a user fee deal to be negotiated, how the FDA will interpret President Biden’s statement that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, and concerns with the clinical development of the monkeypox treatment Tpoxx.
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