Califf Plans US FDA, NIH Collaboration On Postmarket Evidence Generation
Executive Summary
NIH Director Nominee Monica Bertagnolli is on board with both agencies working to better determine how approved treatments work in the real-world, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said.
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