What We Talk About When We Talk About Confirmatory Evidence
Executive Summary
Meaning of 'confirmatory evidence' becomes review issue in some of US FDA's most difficult choices: when a drug for a significant unmet medical need is supported by a single inadequate – but not failed – clinical trial. Neurology division director Dunn and review team leader Marler explain their interpretations in Ocrevus review memos.
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