Data capture is no longer the bottleneck, and whether the lag between a signal and a decision shrinks depends on signal design, AI governance, and vendor orchestration.
|Articles|January 26, 2015
PwC Report: Regulatory Innovation Should Adapt to New Health Economy
Consumers and drug and device manufacturers are changing practices and shifting attitudes toward the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Increased pressures for speedy access to breakthrough drugs and medical devices, and a focus on value in addition to medical benefit, are driving these changes.
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A new report from PwC’s
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Additional key findings of the report include:
- Seventy-eight percent of executives said that the FDA has improved the quality and frequency of its communications in the past two years.
- Seventy-six percent think that the agency provides actionable feedback and 70 percent think it offered more applicable guidance, rules and regulations in the past two years.
- Seventy-one percent believe that the FDA can accelerate approval programs by balancing swifter approval with increased post-market surveillance.
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