How The ACCESS Consortium’s New ‘Promise Pathway’ Can Benefit Drugmakers

Pharmaceutical companies that develop new medicines for life-threatening or severely debilitating conditions could be eligible to file for a priority review in the five ACCESS Consortium member countries under a new pilot scheme.

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The ACCESS Consortium, an international coalition made up of the regulatory agencies for Australia, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK, has outlined how its new “promise pilot” pathway will work in practice and which types of medicines are eligible for this assessment route.

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