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Trouble at the office

The FDA's Office of Oncology Products has come in for stinging criticism from drug developers, advocates and even a US legislator over the use of surrogate endpoints. Has the agency struck the right balance between speed and caution? Malorye Allison investigates.

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Allison, M. Trouble at the office. Nat Biotechnol 26, 967–969 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0908-967

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