FDA Reorganization Advocates Seek Senate Boost For Disease-Oriented Structure

Friends of Cancer Research proposes realignment of FDA to be organized more around disease areas and less around the distinctions between drugs, devices and biologics. The idea has generated some support from former commissioners and current officials, while others warn of unintended consequences.

A proposal to reorganize FDA's centers from a product-based structure to one oriented by therapeutic area could gain more traction with the Senate's forthcoming draft of its medical innovation legislation.

A Friends of Cancer Research (FOCR) proposal to realign FDA according to disease area is drawing mixed reviews from current and former agency officials. Some say the agency's structure needs...

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