March 14, 2021 – Nearly a month after being sworn in for the second time as Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Robert Califf, M.D., has a lot on his plate, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — and lessons learned about processes and the harms of misinformation – as well as a call for clinical […]
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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pose challenges that are best met with detailed documentation of a sponsor’s data approach, according to the agency’s draft guidance on data standards for drug and biological products submissions containing […]
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Sept. 27, 2021 – In the midst of public scrutiny regarding clinical trial transparency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United Kingdom’s Health Research Agency (HRA) recently took actions that may indicate their increased willingness to more closely monitor clinical investigators who do not report trial results in a timely manner. “Pharma, researchers, […]
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April 27, 2020 – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must balance safeguarding public health with the desire for timely product reviews. Staff members at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research are working diligently to keep all of these balls in […]
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April 13, 2020 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responding to the challenges of COVID-19 in new ways that streamline product review and policy approaches, while also ensuring that entities promoting unapproved products that claim to be effective against the virus do not go unchecked. Last week, the FDA and the Federal Trade […]
Read more March 18, 2019 — With mere days left before his departure as FDA Commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb is trying to focus attention on one of the lesser-known of his major initiatives – improving the design of clinical trials in drug development. In a statement released along with the publication of a new guidance, Gottlieb highlighted […]
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