New FDA bonus pilot to address 'workforce challenges' / Endpoints

Max Bayer / endpoints - A new bonus pilot program meant to reward fast-working FDA reviewers will be funded in part by money from industry user fees, the first details on how Commissioner Marty Makary plans to finance the incentive ...

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New FDA bonus pilot to address 'workforce challenges'

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FDA to offer cash bonuses for faster drug reviews

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FDA lifts hold on Intellia trial / Beckers

Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - The FDA has lifted a clinical hold on Intellia Therapeutics’ phase 3 Magnitude trial of nexiguran ziclumeran, or nex-z. The trial was paused Oct. 29 after a patient developed grade 4 liver transaminase elevations and elevated bilirubin following a Sept. 3…

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FDA lifts hold on Intellia trial

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FDA lifts hold on second Intellia Phase 3 gene editing trial

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