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# Guide on Patient-Focused Drug Development
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/guide-on-patient-focused-drug-development/
- Published: 2020-06-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T16:18:40.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5147024

*Federal Register* notice: FDA has made available a final guidance entitled “Patient-Focused Drug Development: Collecting Comprehensive and Representative Input.” The document is the first in a series of four methodological guidance documents that FDA committed to develop to address in a stepwise manner 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.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-06-17/pdf/2020-13046.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com).