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Sponsors Seeing Subtle Differences With US FDA Meetings In Coronavirus Era

 
• By Derrick Gingery

Mass-telework is changing some meeting dynamics, like reducing the number of questions asked by agency staff.

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The FDA now must conduct teleconferences with sponsors rather than in-person meetings while nearly all employees telework, which has lead to changes in the discussions. • Source: Shutterstock

Sponsor interactions with the US Food and Drug Administration appear to be running as well as could be expected, despite some minor changes, as the FDA has adapted to mass-teleworking conditions under the coronavirus pandemic.

Conversations may be different, even in situations when a teleconference would be a routine event. Attorney Kurt Karst, a director...

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