US FDA's Centralized Patient Affairs Office Aims For No Disruption

New office will develop agency-wide patient engagement policy and serve as entry point for patient groups new to FDA, but will not interfere with existing relationships between advocates and the drugs and biologics centers, FDA Commissioner Gottlieb says.

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb

The US FDA's proposed Office of Patient Affairs will develop and implement patient engagement best practices across the agency's medical product centers but will not interfere with existing relationships that advocacy groups have with the drugs and biologics centers and individual review divisions, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Sept. 13.

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