Woodcock Warns of ‘Excessive Worship Of The RCT,’ Pushes New Drug Approval Pathway

In the second part of the Pink Sheet’s interview with the former senior FDA official, Woodcock says her push to create a rare disease drug approval pathway that wouldn’t require a randomized controlled trial will not return the agency to “an anecdote standard” or cause a downward creep in the evidentiary standard for approval.

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Janet Woodcock said excessive focus on randomized controlled trials prevents openness to other avenues for regulatory approval. (Shutterstock)

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