US FDA's Benefit-Risk Assessment Could Include More Emphasis on Patient Involvement
Executive Summary
Agency aims to centralize and better communicate its assessments; stakeholders discuss involving patients early in drug development and offer suggestions for 2020 draft guidance.
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