Diabetes Draft Guidance May Require Extended Trial Length, Participation
Executive Summary
A long-awaited diabetes draft guidance from FDA may result in longer and larger clinical trials, but does not significantly alter the development landscape since it re-affirms the agency's faith in a long-used surrogate marker and the technique of post-market outcomes assessment
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