Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two proposed rules that aim to clarify inconsistencies between FDA’s human subject protection regulations and the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human...more
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the revised draft guidance, “Charging for Investigational Drugs Under an IND: Questions and Answers,” which responds to FAQs about FDA’s policies for charging...more
Now that FDA’s grace period for regenerative medicines has ended, many manufacturers of human cell, tissue, or cellular- or tissue-based products (HCT/Ps) will be required to file a biologics license application (BLA) with...more
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the draft guidance “Considerations for Rescinding Breakthrough Therapy Designation,” which outlines how FDA will analyze whether to rescind a breakthrough therapy...more
On April 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a new draft guidance to industry for increasing racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials. The draft guidance, “Diversity Plans to Improve Enrollment of...more
This month, FDA released the latest in a series of agency guidance to advance the development and use of real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) in clinical trial designs for drug development programs. The draft...more
On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had announced that the Department was terminating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Marketed Unapproved Drugs Initiative (UDI). ...more
On May 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance titled “Frequently Asked Questions Statement of Investigator (Form FDA 1572) (Revision 1),” updating 2010 guidance of the same name. The revised...more
On April 21, 2021, FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Director Peter Marks M.D. confirmed that the grace period intended to provide developers of regenerative medicines with time to assess whether they...more
On April 27, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its first Notice of Noncompliance to a company for failing to submit required clinical trial summary results information to ClinicalTrials.gov. In...more
On April 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the immediately-in-effect guidance “Remote Interactive Evaluations of Drug Manufacturing and Bioresearch Monitoring Facilities During the COVID-19 Public...more
4/15/2021
/ Biologics ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Inspections ,
Life Sciences ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Remote Proceedings ,
Supply Chain
On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced that the Department was terminating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Marketed Unapproved Drugs Initiative (UDI)....more
On November 9, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a final version of its guidance, Enhancing the Diversity of Clinical Trial Populations--Eligibility Criteria, Enrollment Practices, and Trial Designs. ...more
Earlier this year, we wrote about a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that, if upheld, would require companies to make public a decade of clinical trial results for products that have...more
On July 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new proposed rule that would require sponsors and manufacturers who provide an ‘‘eligible investigational drug’’ under the Right to Try Act to submit an...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extended the enforcement discretion period for certain human cell, tissue, and cellular and tissue-based products (HCT/Ps) by an additional six months, citing the challenges...more
7/21/2020
/ Biologics ,
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Enforcement Authority ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Premarket Approval Applications ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Relief Measures
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) allowing distribution of two decades-old malaria drugs — Chloroquine Phosphate and Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate — to treat COVID-19. ...more
The Daily Report is a compilation of COVID-19 (coronavirus) news briefs from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time.
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3/25/2020
/ Adverse Events ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
EU ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
REMS
During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expects that workforces will be reduced at the same time that the use of medical products will increase....more
On Wednesday, March 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published the guidance “Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Pandemic."...more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the 2019 novel coronavirus is a “global pandemic” and President Trump has declared a national emergency as the impact of the virus on all aspects of daily life continues...more
3/17/2020
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Biotechnology ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
China ,
Clinical Trials ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Good Clinical Practices ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Institutional Review Board (IRB) ,
Italy ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ,
Netherlands ,
Public Health ,
Reimbursements ,
Research and Development ,
Supply Chain ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
Vaccinations ,
Vendors ,
World Health Organization
We are pleased to provide you with the third annual installment of our Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons guide. For each of these guides, we have asked our industry thought leaders throughout the world to write about...more
2/26/2020
/ 3D Printing ,
AIDS ,
Analytics ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biosimilars ,
Biotechnology ,
Blockchain ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Digital Health ,
Drug Distribution ,
Drug Pricing ,
EU ,
Federal Funding ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Technology ,
HIV ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Device Data System ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Software ,
Over The Counter Drugs (OTC) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHI ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Research and Development ,
Right to Try ,
Robotics ,
Supply Chain ,
Telehealth
This morning, FDA announced it launched its new expanded access pilot called “Project Facilitate,” a concierge call center under the Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE) to facilitate the Single Patient IND (SPI) request...more
Investing in the life sciences industry without an understanding of the key regulatory factors that could determine a product's success or failure could cost you millions of dollars....more
On December 6, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a framework for its Real-World Evidence (RWE) Program to strategically leverage information gathered from real-world data (RWD): data that relates to patient...more