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(Reuters) -A federal probe of the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationâs approval of a controversial new Alzheimerâs disease drug should look into why that decision was made without clear evidence of patient benefit, a former adviser to the agency said on Tuesday.
Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock earlier this month asked the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate whether FDA representativesâ interactions with drugmaker Biogen Inc were inconsistent with agency policies.
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Former FDA adviser calls for wider probe into Biogen Alzheimer s drug approval
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