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One Lesson Of The OND Reorg: It Is Hard To Classify Diseases

 
• By Michael McCaughan

One goal of proposed overhaul of US FDA’s Office of New Drugs is creating more logical alignment of related diseases within divisions and offices. That is easier said than done.

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The US FDA’s first public unveiling of the planned overhaul of the Office of New Drugs is filling in some of the details on a critical structural change for biopharma companies.

One thing has been clear for several weeks: the new OND will have more drug review divisions and offices. (Also...

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