Tag: FDA and clinical research

The Truth About “Breakthrough” Drugs

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From The Washington Post: "When federal regulators started giving certain drugs 'breakthrough' status in 2012, pharmaceutical company interest exploded. The goal was to speed up...

The Ghost of Research Future

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Two facts about Robert Califf are beyond question. He is an expert on clinical trials, who is already seen as a leading architect of the future of medical research. And as the New York Times put it, he has “deeper ties to the pharmaceutical industry than any FDA commissioner in recent memory”. A lot of senior figures in medicine support Califf in spite of his ties to Pharma. The guy is just so bright, and understands the nuts and bolts of drug research so well! Surely a person like this is more useful than some outsider who offers only a squeaky-clean resume, they argue.