As Coronavirus Tightens Its Grip, US FDA Cancels Some Meetings Due To ‘Extenuating Circumstances’

Agency won't say whether patient-focused drug development meeting and gene therapy conference were postponed because of COVID-19, but other meetings remain as scheduled.

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The FDA did not clear its public meeting schedule this week as coronavirus fears continued to grow, allowing some to go forward, while postponing others. • Source: Shutterstock

Two US Food and Drug Administration meetings scheduled this week have been postponed, but the reasons for the changes remain a mystery as other public meetings remained on the agency calendar.

On 7 March, FDA officials told registrants for a Patient-Focused Drug Development meeting on stimulant use disorder that the event,...

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