FDA Rethinking Weight Loss Standards: A Test Case for Patient-Focused Drug Development
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The Center for Drug Evaluation & Research is working with George Washington University as a "neutral convener" to rethink weight loss drug development standards. That may make for an unexpected legacy from the wave of failed weight loss candidates from 2010: a whole new approach to drug development guidance from FDA.
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