FDA Faces Mounting Pressure on Shortcut Approval Pathway
Executive Summary
The FDA has recently come under fire by big pharma and big biotech. The issue: FDA's interpretation of a section of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act-505(b)(2)-which allows companies to rely on data other than their own to attain drug approval.
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