FDA Makes Expanded Access Applications Easier As Industry Lawyers Urge Caution
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Time to complete individual patient expanded access request should be less than 1/100th of old application, FDA says, just days after King & Spalding attorneys warn more companies may face difficult public relation situations due to expanded access requests.
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