Fast Track Speeds Approval, Tufts Finds; Therapeutic Category Also Key
This article was originally published in Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly
Executive Summary
FDA’s fast track program may be the most successful of FDA’s user fee-era regulatory initiatives aimed at speeding new drug reviews, an analysis by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development suggests.
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