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# Draft Guide on Patient-Focused Drug Development
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/draft-guide-on-patient-focused-drug-development/
- Published: 2018-06-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T00:13:13.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5141687

*Federal Register* notice: FDA has made available a draft guidance entitled “Patient-Focused Drug Development: Collecting Comprehensive and Representative Input.” The document is the first of a series of four methodological guidances that FDA committed to develop to address how to collect and submit information from patients and caregivers for medical product development and regulatory decision making. To view the notice, click [here](https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-06-13/pdf/2018-12636.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com).