Fast-Tracking the Future
Claire Riches highlights inefficiencies in the current drug approval process, while outlining the role of payers and insurers in shifting toward data-driven approval framework.
In this exclusive PC Podcast interview, Claire Riches, vice president of clinical solutions at Citeline, dives into:
- Specific inefficiencies in the current drug approval system that are the biggest obstacles to faster approvals
- How the FDA can integrate data sources such as real-world data (RWD) to streamline approvals, while maintaining rigorous safety standards
- Advancements in data collection and validation that make RWD a viable tool for drug approvals
- The role payers and insurers should play in this shift toward a more data-driven, flexible approval framework, and how this could impact patient access to innovative treatments
- The likelihood of bipartisan support for reforms that modernize drug approvals with shifting political priorities under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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