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Featured Paper: The FDA's Usage of "Breakthrough" Language
New research featuring BDP researchers Tamar Krishnamurti (pictured) and Baruch Fischhoff
This randomized trial explores why FDA press releases with neutral terms and that routinely explain the limited evidence supporting accelerating approval might help consumers make more accurate judgments about drugs with breakthrough designation.
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