Avandia Trial Re-Adjudication Beyond FDA’s Abilities, Agency Officials Say
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
FDA had only a portion of the information needed to conduct a re-adjudication, Bob Temple tells advisory committee during the first of a two-day discussion of rosiglitizone’s cardiovascular safety.
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