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Candidates For The US FDA’s STAR Program Might As Well Be Breakthrough Therapies, Too

 
• By Derrick Gingery

The requirements to join the new real-time review pilot program strongly resemble those of the breakthrough designation, which could come as an unpleasant surprise for some sponsors.

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The FDA's requirements for the STAR program are very similar to the breakthrough therapy designation. • Source: Shutterstock

Sponsor excitement about the US Food and Drug Administration expanding the real-time oncology review program to other therapeutic areas may be tempered by the requirements to join, which strongly resemble another expedited review program.

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