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PDUFA VII: US FDA Will Offer Additional Meetings To Boost Rare Disease Endpoint Development

 
• By Derrick Gingery

If they reach a public disclosure agreement, a handful of sponsors will be admitted to a new pilot program that allows four meetings with the FDA on rare disease endpoint issues.

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The RDEA pilot program will offer sponsors additional help from the FDA on novel rare disease endpoints. • Source: Alamy

Rare disease drug sponsors could gain additional access to US Food and Drug Administration officials as part of an relatively small endpoint development pilot program beginning in fiscal year 2023.

The FDA is expected to establish the Rare Disease Endpoint Advancement (RDEA) pilot program, which is intended to increase FDA-sponsor...

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