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The driving role of consortia on the critical path to innovative therapies

Launched a decade ago, the US Food and Drug Administration's Critical Path Initiative has helped catalyse the formation of many consortia focused on drug development challenges.

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Correspondence to Janet Woodcock, Martha Brumfield, Dalvir Gill or Elias Zerhouni.

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E.Z. is an employee and shareholder of Sanofi. J.W., M.B. and D.G. declare no competing interests.

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Woodcock, J., Brumfield, M., Gill, D. et al. The driving role of consortia on the critical path to innovative therapies. Nat Rev Drug Discov 13, 781 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd4462

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