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The FDA is embracing AI boldly. Now it must show what responsible innovation looks like

2025-05-16 08:36:47 英文原文

作者:Jennifer Goldsack

May 16, 2025

Goldsack is the founder and chief executive officer of the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe).

In an industry known for its caution, the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to rapidly deploy generative AI across all medical product review offices by the end of June is a rare and seismic move. It’s bold. It’s ambitious. And if implemented well, it could mark the beginning of a desperately needed transformation in how we bring trustworthy innovation to the regulation of medical product development.

Medical product development is not just expensive and slow, it’s broken. Fewer than 10% of drug candidates succeed. It can take over a decade and billions of dollars to bring a single therapy to market. Devices fare slightly better, but even then, years of effort can end in silence.

Now, add the pressure of looming patent cliffs, the threat of price negotiations, and renewed pushes for “most-favored nation” drug pricing policies through the executive order President Trump has signed, which would peg U.S. prices to those paid in the lowest-cost countries. Whether or not such efforts succeed in court this time, the message is clear: Business as usual will no longer be protected.

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The Food and Drug Administration's decision to rapidly deploy generative AI across all medical product review offices by June is a bold move aimed at transforming the slow and costly process of medical product development. Currently, fewer than 10% of drug candidates succeed, with each therapy taking over a decade and billions of dollars to reach market. This new initiative comes amid pressures from patent cliffs, price negotiations, and executive orders on drug pricing policies, signaling a need for change in the industry's traditional practices.