RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Accelerated Approval, surrogate endpoints, registration It's simply to allow us to apply for approval mid trial or when the prerequisite primary endpoints have been met, or look like they're going to be met.
"Traditional" phase 3 could take 3-4 years, by which time our patent may be close to running out, giving us very little or no bargaining power regardless of results.
With the licensure enabling we have more leeway to apply for AA as the data comes in.