Califf: Decades Of Follow-Up Necessary For Gene Therapy
Executive Summary
FDA Commissioner Califf acknowledges that regulatory pathways for gene therapies are still being developed and that many factors outside of the modality impact agency requirements as he emphasized the need for long-term follow up due to the unknowns of gene modification.
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