A Feb. 21 Personalized Medicine Coalition report says 12 personalized treatments and seven diagnostics approved or cleared by FDA in 2019 will improve patient care and address root causes of rare diseases, expand treatment for cancer patients, and target therapies to people who respond.
Richard Pazdur, founding director of FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence and long-time FDA visionary, has accepted the top job at FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research following George F. Tidmarsh’s dramatic ouster from the position.
