The Data Everybody's Talking About: Proof FDA is More Conservative?
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
Approval letters are down, "approvable" and "non-approvable" letters are up. "Black box" warnings have seen a four-fold increase over the last five years. Biopharma executives are now drawing their own conclusions about the state of FDA regulation-based on the numbers.
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