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Lopsided in lung cancer

FDA patient-focused meeting on lung cancer not reflective of broad population

July 22, 2013 7:00 AM UTC

There are two take-home messages from FDA's latest meeting on patient-focused drug development: lung cancer patients are undeterred by potential risks if a treatment has any potential to extend life, and the agency may struggle to get input from the majority of patients, who are too sick to travel.

The half-day lung cancer meeting on June 28 was FDA's third meeting under its Patient-Focused Drug Development Initiative. It included both small cell and non-small cell lung cancer...