Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2020
U.S. FDA Commissioner says agency seeks fast review of COVID-19 products
11 June 2020 - The U.S. FDA is seeking to review treatments and tests for COVID-19 “as fast as we can” for emergency clearance, with the priority on those using high-level science, the agency’s commissioner said on Wednesday.
The FDA aims to expedite products with the greatest chance of making it through the clinical trial process and eventually helping people, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said during a conference held by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, the FDA has issued a series of temporary emergency approvals ranging from diagnostic tests to treatments such as Gilead’s anti-viral drug remdesivir.
