FDA is getting tougher on cancer drug approvals. But stakeholders on all sides-industry, regulators, and patient groups-say that's probably a good thing. Under the leadership of Richard Pazdur, MD, the controversial director of FDA's newly formed Office of Oncology Drug Products, the agency is raising the bar for getting cancer drugs on the market.
Ramsey Baghdadi
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Plan to reorganize the agency into five offices was designed by someone who does not understand the FDA, former long-time agency official Janet Woodcock says. The proposal would eliminate highly specialized expertise in favor of “a big team of generalists,” former Principal Deputy Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein says.
Industry should be more vocal about the harms the recent reduction-in-force will have on getting drugs to market, NTEU Chapter 282 President Anthony Lee said in an interview with Pink Sheet.
