Gottlieb On Pursuing Legislative Reform: Start Small, Build Later
Executive Summary
Former US FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb encouraged stakeholders at the Association for Accessible Medicine's GRxBiosims 2019 meeting to start small in scope when pushing for legislative changes, which makes it easier to build on later.
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