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Revisiting the FDA’s Accelerated Approval Pathway

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2025.14052

September 08, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This article discusses key components of the FDA’s recent guidance and suggests how the FDA could clarify expectations for confirmatory trials and management of uncertainty regarding product safety.

Corresponding Author: Asha Kodan, MD, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205 (akodan1@jh.edu).

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