Pfizer-backed 'IMEDS' pilot tests big data safety queries
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
A pilot program being run by the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA (RUF) and backed with funding from Pfizer is getting close to being able to let biopharmaceutical makers query "big data" to evaluate whether there is a safety problem with their products – a program the head of the FDA called impressive.