J&J's Compassionate Use Advisory Cmte. May Become Industry Model
Executive Summary
NYU School of Medicine-led pilot program – created to evaluate requests for pre-approval access to Janssen's multiple myeloma drug Darzalex – blinds requests and evaluates them according to set of guiding principles.
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