Jan. 4, 2022 – 2021 was a year of many healthcare challenges, but against this backdrop the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) approved 50 novel drugs and its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) approved 10 biological license applications (BLAs) (plus three source plasma products). CDER nearly […]
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Dec. 20, 2021 — Dr. Robert Califf, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the FDA Commissioner position, spent roughly two hours answering questions volleyed his way during last week’s Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s hearing on his nomination. Califf’s answers, peppered with details, facts and figures, references to senators’ home-state concerns, anecdotes about […]
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Dec. 13, 2021 – Recent FDA Warning Letters calling out promotional claims made about vaping products are interesting in that they were issued not by the agency’s Center for Tobacco Products, but by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). “Although the FDA has been criticized for missing deadlines on approving or rejecting various […]
Read more Dec. 6, 2021 – As the seemingly fast-spreading COVID-19 omicron variant begins to show up in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking measures now to meet any potential need for new diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics to combat the next phase of the pandemic. On Dec. 2, President Joe Biden announced […]
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Nov. 29, 2021 –With little fanfare, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently moved to allow licensed pharmacists to dispense Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-authorized COVID-19 therapeutics directly to patients, without a physician prescription. This step, taken by publishing an amendment to a declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, […]
Read more Nov. 15, 2021 – Many in the healthcare space are breathing a sigh of relief that President Joe Biden finally announced his nominee to be the new FDA Commissioner on Nov. 12: former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D. Although Coalition for Healthcare Communication Executive Director Jon Bigelow believes Califf will win Senate confirmation for a […]
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Oct. 25, 2021 – Translating real-world data (RWD) into a standard format that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can process, review and archive will pose challenges that are best met with detailed documentation of a sponsor’s data approach, according to the agency’s draft guidance on data standards for drug and biological products submissions containing […]
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Oct. 21, 2021—Nine months into President Joe Biden’s administration, he has still not nominated a candidate to take the helm at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and other pressing healthcare issues, the pressure is rising for a permanent FDA commissioner, but many of the frequently-named frontrunners for the position appear […]
Read more Oct. 11, 2021 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a virtual public meeting Nov. 2 to discuss the proposed changes it would like to make during the reauthorization process for the Biosimilar User Fee Act for fiscal years 2023 through 2027 (BsUFA III). The current legislation, BsUFA II, will expire in September […]
Read more Oct. 4, 2021 – As part of its real-world evidence (RWE) program, the Food and Drug Administration last week issued a draft guidance to provide sponsors, researchers and other stakeholders with the agency’s current thinking about the use of electronic health records (EHRs) or medical claims data in clinical studies “to support a regulatory decision […]
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