Accelerated Approval Should Be Less 'Wide Open,' Califf Says

FDA should write more about its interpretation of regs and apply it more consistently across divisions, commissioner says.

FDA's standards for applying accelerated approval should not be "totally wide open," but also should not set a bright line for access to the expedited approval pathway, Commissioner Robert Califf said.

One of the unknowns with the use of accelerated approval is what amount of data constitutes "reasonably likely" to predict...

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