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Priority Review Designations In US: Third Quarter Spike Continues In 2017

 
• By Michael Cipriano

Third quarter saw record total of 26 announcements for priority review designations; drop-off now likely.

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October was a busy month with 10 priority review announcements, but history suggests that it won't last and 2017 will end with the third quarter being the peak of priority review designation announcements, in what has become a trend with the expedited pathway over the past five years.

Although 2016 was an outlier year, every other year from 2013 to 2017 has seen their priority review announcements reach...

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