Newsletter - May 18, 2023
Accelerated Approvals Benefit Companies Over Patients: Bloomberg
As Sarepta looks towards another controversial FDA approval for a new treatment for DMD, the accelerated approval pathway is once again being debated for its merits and abuses. Without major regulatory changes, there is not much that the FDA can do or want to do, while patients potentially get hurt both physically...Read More
Clinical Trial Recruitment is Not Easy: CVS Learns the Hard Way
Almost exactly 2 years after the launch of its clinical trial business in May 2021, CVS announced this week that it is shutting it down. While the company did not announce specific reasons for its decision, public information shows that the company was unable to successfully harness its access to tens of millions of patients...Read More
Accelerated Approvals Benefit Companies Over Patients: Bloomberg
As Sarepta looks towards another controversial FDA approval for a new treatment for DMD, the accelerated approval pathway is once again being debated for its merits and abuses. Without major regulatory changes, there is not much that the FDA can do or want to do, while patients potentially get hurt both physically...Read More
Clinical Trial Recruitment is Not Easy: CVS Learns the Hard Way
Almost exactly 2 years after the launch of its clinical trial business in May 2021, CVS announced this week that it is shutting it down. While the company did not announce specific reasons for its decision, public information shows that the company was unable to successfully harness its access to tens of millions of patients...Read More
