FDA Wants To Release “Masked” Marketing Application Data To Researchers
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA is seeking public feedback on a proposal to make masked and de-identified clinical trial safety and efficacy data from marketing applications available to outside parties for further analysis.
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