US FDA's Gottlieb Touts 'Seamless' Clinical Trials, Worries About Second-To-Market Products
Executive Summary
Commissioner tells House hearing that agency study found troubling drop in innovative competition; clinical trial reform, including encouraging surrogate markers, could speed development of products that may create pricing pressure on brands.
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