The two FDA pilot programs—Real-Time Oncology Review and Assessment Aid sped up the processing of Novartis’s supplemental new drug applications for Kisqali (ribociclib), said Samit Hirawat, executive vice president and head of Global Oncology at Novartis.
How’s this for a paradox: The better cancer centers become at keeping patients alive, the more expensive cancer care becomes. This brutal tradeoff hits harder in rural areas, where the cancer burden is higher and the investigator and clinical trial representation is lower.
