Legal Aspects of FDA approval and implications for clinical research

04/20/22 • 23 min

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Prof. Christine Coughlin of Wake Forest School of Law speaks with Dr. Thomas Nero on the FDA approval process, emergency use authorization, Right to Try Legislation and the implications for clinical research, diversity and health care equity. Prof. Coughlin holds positions in the College of Medicine as well as the Law school and in the Center for Bioethics. She has published extensively on the FDA approval process.

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Legal Aspects of FDA Approval Process and Implications for Clinical Research

[00:00:00] Dr. Thomas Nero: Hello I'm Dr Thomas Nero And today we're going to be taking a shift from our normal podcast to talking a little bit about healthcare policy joining us today is professor Christine Coughlin professor Coughlin is a professor of law at wake forest university school of law . She has an appointment in the graduate school of arts and sciences and also the center of bioethic