The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the draft guidance “Protocol Deviations for Clinical Investigations of Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices,” which provides advice for sponsors, investigators, and...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently held a Patient Engagement Advisory Committee meeting focused on clinical trial informed consent practices. Below, we summarize key takeaways from the meeting, including a...more
Last week, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., and other senior FDA officials published a “Special Communication” in JAMA titled, “FDA Perspective on the Regulation of Artificial...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued this week three guidance documents related to clinical trials: a draft guidance on multiregional trials in oncology, a draft guidance on integrating randomized controlled...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its long-awaited draft guidance, “Diversity Action Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Populations in Clinical Studies,” which outlines the...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance on its “Platform Technology Designation Program,” which aims to streamline drug development, manufacturing, and marketing application review for products...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the establishment of the “Center for Drug Evaluation (CDER) Center for Clinical Trial Innovation” (C3TI). C3TI is intended to be a “central hub” within CDER aimed at...more
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance on the use of data monitoring committees (DMCs) in clinical trials entitled “Use of Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials.” In the...more
On November 29 and 30, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative, hosted a public workshop on ways to increase the enrollment of historically...more
On September 29, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or "agency") announced the opportunity for a limited number of sponsors to participate in a new pilot program called Support for clinical Trials Advancing Rare...more
Continuing the trend over the past few years to promote diversity in clinical trials, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published new draft guidance on “Postmarketing Approaches to Obtain Data on Populations...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just published a highly-anticipated draft guidance on the implementation of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) for drugs, biologics, and medical devices. In the draft...more
U.S. President Biden recently enacted the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023,” a $1.7 trillion omnibus funding bill that contains the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA). Below we analyze how Section 3612 of FDORA,...more
In the waning days of 2022, Congress passed the omnibus spending legislation to provide funding for the federal government through September 2023. The legislation contains numerous reforms focused on FDA bundled under Title...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a revised version of the draft guidance “Expanded Access to Investigational Drugs for Treatment Use – Questions and Answers,” which includes recommendations for...more
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
A new ban on “Detailed Targeting” options for advertisers on Facebook and other Meta-owned social media platforms – which includes restricting marketing based on “health causes” – takes effect January 19, and may make it more...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 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 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
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