Glossary Term

BTD

Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) is an FDA programme providing intensive guidance and expedited development and review for medicines showing substantial preliminary evidence of improvement over existing therapies.

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PRIME ODD FDA
Further reading
FDA: Breakthrough Therapy Wikipedia: Breakthrough Therapy Designation Browse the HEOR resource database

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