Tearing Down The Goalposts (Part 3): “Was It Worth It”?
Executive Summary
When US FDA adopted new outcomes standards for novel diabetes drugs in 2008, there were dire warnings that it would kill product development for the disease. When an advisory committee revisited the issue in 2018, however, there was almost unanimous agreement that the guidelines have been positive. Almost.
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