Pandemic Perspectives: How COVID Emergency Use Authorizations Could Reshape US FDA
Executive Summary
From re-examining the FDA’s place in the broader US government to how fast and flexible it can be clearing therapies in non-emergency times, the COVID-19 EUA experience is expected to have a long-lasting impact on the agency.
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