FDA officially launches Oncology Center of Excellence

FDA formally established the agency's Oncology Center of Excellence and named Richard Pazdur as its director. Pazdur had been acting director since the center was created in June 2016 to coordinate and streamline clinical reviews of cancer products among the agency's centers for drugs, biologics and medical devices (see BioCentury Extra, June 29, 2016).

The agency established the center within its Office of Medical Products and Tobacco...