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          How does FDA benefit from Patient Listening Sessions?Learn About FDA Patient Engagement How does FDA benefit from Patient Listening Sessions?
  
  	
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Patient Listening Sessions help FDA understand what is important to patients, caregivers, and advocates when medical products are being developed. The Office of Patient Affairs (OPA) expects Patient Listening Sessions (both FDA-requested and patient-led) could serve any of the following objectives:

Inform regulatory decision-making
	Provide a starting point to inform early stage research & development
	Educate the FDA review staff about health-related experiences, and perspectives, and needs that are most important to patients, caregivers, advocates, and community representatives
	Help patients and advocates understand the FDA’s mission and workFollowing a Patient Listening Session, OPA will link to a high level meeting summary on our website. Be sure to check out summariesfrom previous listening sessions!

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                        About the FDA Patient Representative Program
          When a Patient Speaks: Testimonials from FDA Patient Representatives
          How to Apply to the FDA Patient Representative Program
          FDA Patient Engagement Overview*
          FDA Patient Listening Sessions
          Patients Ask FDA
          Patients Matter Video Series
          Patient Engagement Collaborative
          Patient Engagement Cluster
          About the FDA and How You Can Get Involved


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