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Podcast: Cures II Wish List – Reconsidering Accelerated Approval?

 
• By Kate Rawson

Richard Pazdur wants the oncology community to take a fresh look at US FDA’s expedited review programs. One big question: should there be fewer of them?

Richard Pazdur

It has been nearly three decades since the US Food and Drug Administration instituted the accelerated approval regulations, and Oncology Center of Excellence Director Richard Pazdur thinks it is high time that the pathway – and all FDA’s expedited programs – get a second look.

Pazdur included a re-examination of accelerated approval on a “wish list” of discussion topics for the entire oncology community in...

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