Regenerative Medicine Comes Of Age – In The Age Of COVID-19
Executive Summary
Regulatory review resource-intensive cell and gene therapy licensing applications are rolling toward US FDA along expedited pathways, while complete response letters and missed goal dates start to stack up under pandemic inspection constraints.
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