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FDA allows drugs without proven clinical benefit to languish for years on accelerated pathway

By Elisabeth Mahase

Taken Directly from the BMJ doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1898

Criticisms of the US Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval process have resurfaced after the recent approval of aducanumab (Aduhelm) for dementia. Elisabeth Mahase finds that the process is plagued by missing efficacy data and questionable evidence.

Read the full article here: https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1898

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