While the FDA waits for someone to come up with a plan to improve the accelerated approval program, some argue that as it is, drugs are not getting to the people who need them.
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Fox, J. Conflicting signals on US accelerated approvals. Nat Biotechnol 23, 1027–1028 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0905-1027
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