In a letter to Commissioner Robert Califf, the Patient, Consumer and Public Health Coalition says medical product center directors and other senior staff should refrain from trying to sway advisory committee votes and be reminded that overruling decisions of their own scientific staff undermines the public trust.
The US Food and Drug Administration should take steps to discourage its medical product center directors from influencing votes at advisory committee meetings and overruling review staff on product applications, a coalition of patient and consumer groups said.
In a 12 July letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, members of the Patient, Consumer and Public Health Coalition...
A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of the topics covered.
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Proposal to have panelists rate the strength of efficacy and safety evidence on a numeric scale also draws support in written comments on ways to optimize the advisory committee process.
A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
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Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of the topics covered.
