Patient Pushback On FDA Reform: Efficacy Matters

If there is going to be an effort to roll-back efficacy standards for drug approvals, patient organizations are likely to join in – in defense of the status quo.

Patient advocacy groups are stepping forward to defend FDA’s efficacy standards in response to speculation about efforts to rethink the approval process in the Trump Administration.

Understanding the effectiveness of a drug is the “bedrock” of drug development and the approval process, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Senior...

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