Rare disease treatment sponsors and advocates may prefer all US Food and Drug Administration teams give the same development advice, but that may not be possible across all classes of products, regulators caution.
Product Differences Necessitate Some US FDA Inconsistency In Rare Diseases, Center Directors Say
Development standards for a one-time gene therapy should be different from a drug taken regularly, CBER Director Peter Marks says.

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