Pandemic Taking Its Toll On The US FDA’s Non-Pandemic Work, Alkermes CEO Says

Last year was not the greatest performance by the agency outside of COVID-19, Richard Pops tells BIO conference.

Richard Pops says the advisory committee system is broken and problems are made worse with virtual meetings.

Alkermes plc Chairman and CEO Richard Pops wants the US Food and Drug Administration to remember that its non-coronavirus workload is just as important as its effort to end the pandemic.

Understandably, much of the attention at the agency and outside it has focused on finding therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines for...

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