US FDA’s ODAC Pushes Back Against ‘Leading’ Questions
Executive Summary
The questions posed by the FDA to its Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee for its most recent meeting all but answer themselves. The committee ultimately supported the agency’s negative view of the applications under review, but pushback during the meeting may encourage the agency to strike a more neutral tone in the future.
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