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As oncology drug after oncology drug fails to achieve accelerated approval, sponsors are seeking other ways to speed trials. Malorye Allison investigates.
The pharmaceutical industry must devote greater resources, investment and effort to address its anemic drug pipeline in the long term, rather than focusing on its bottom line in the near term.