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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary last week announced a directive that would limit industry participation in the agency’s advisory committees. But not only do company reps serve only as non-voting members, a 1997 law actually requires industry involvement.
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4D Molecular Therapeutics announced that it has completed enrollment of the Phase 2 Dose Expansion stage of the PRISM clinical trial for patients with wet age-related macular degeneration over approximately two quarters, and that no significant 4D-150 safety events or inflammation have been reported to date.
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