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New FDA approval process promotes development of rare disease gene therapies

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new process called “Rare Disease Evidence Principles” (RDEP), under which eligible drugs and biologics for ultra-rare diseases caused by known genetic defects will...more

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Delayed Action on Misconduct Costs Firm $4M; FCA Whistleblower Flagged Earlier Application

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Scientist and pharmaceutical researcher Andrew P. Mallon—who first reported to NIH and others in 2016 his suspicions that then-Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas falsified data in published papers—filed the whistleblower suit...more

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New Artificial Intelligence Executive Order Contains Numerous Healthcare Implications

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President Joe Biden on Oct. 30, 2023, signed a sweeping executive order (EO) and invoked the Defense Production Act to establish the first set of standards for using artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and other...more

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FDA Publishes Informed Consent Final Guidance for Drug and Medical Device Clinical Investigations

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has issued the final guidance document, “Informed Consent: Guidance for Institutional Review Boards, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors” (Final Guidance). The...more

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Minimizing the Fallout from Increasing FDA Clinical Holds

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With medical and scientific advances progressing at an exponential pace, FDA appears to be taking a more aggressive stance in imposing clinical holds on studies where adverse events are reported. Over the last several years,...more

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FDA Issues Guidance on Drug and Biologic Submissions with Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence

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Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance on drug and biologic submissions to the agency that include real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE). The procedural guidance aims to...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on the Use and Curation of Real-World Data in Registries

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The US Food and Drug Administration has issued draft guidance outlining the agency’s recommendations for using real-world data from (and curating such data in) registries to support regulatory decision-making. Pharmaceutical...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Sponsors and Other Stakeholders on Using Registries as RWD to Support Regulatory Decision-Making

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its third draft guidance under the Real-World Evidence (RWE) Program on November 29, 2021. In Real-World Data: Assessing Registries to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for...more

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FDA Releases Draft Guidance for Sponsors on How to Comply with Study Data Standards When Submitting RWD-Sourced Study Data

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance titled Data Standards for Drug and Biological Product Submissions Containing Real-World Data on October 21, 2021. The guidance provides the Agency’s thoughts...more

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FDA reviews go faster — but with less proof drugs are safer or more effective

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For anyone concerned with the quality and safety of prescription medications, this may be an especially displeasing commentary from a pharmaceutical expert about drugs raced to approval now: “Some of them are really great,”...more

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Top experts, by failing to disclose conflicts of interest, shortchange taxpayers

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Elite researchers — professors and staff with ties to 20 of the nation’s top universities and the respected National Institutes of Health — may be failing to be as candid as institutions and laws require about their potential...more

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FDA details recommendations for live case presentations during medical device clinical trials in final guidance

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This month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) issued a final guidance on live case presentations as part of clinical trials conducted under an approved (or conditionally approved) investigational...more

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FDA issues guidance on use of EHR data in clinical research

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Many hospitals and health systems conduct sponsored clinical research at their facilities, and clinical trial agreements typically require that sponsors and clinical investigators have access to certain data regarding the...more

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FDA Draft Guidance Regarding Inclusion of Pregnant Women in Clinical Trials

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The Situation: Pregnant women have historically been excluded from clinical trials due to concerns about the potential for adverse effects on pregnant women and their fetuses. The Development: The U.S. Food and Drug...more

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FDA Weighs In on When Pregnant Patients Should be Included in Clinical Trials

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In a recently issued draft guidance for industry, FDA encourages drug sponsors to consider the inclusion of pregnant subjects in clinical studies evaluating drugs and therapeutic biological products in some circumstances and...more

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Clinical trials: Digital technology for recruitment, consent, and data capture

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The conduct of clinical trials still relies heavily on the use of paper documents. Of course, electronic case report forms (eCRF) have been commonly used for many years – the medical information on a patient that is...more

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Italy approves new provisions on informed consent and advance decision of medical treatments – Why it matters for clinical trials...

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On December 14th, 2017, the Italian Senate passed a long-awaited bill (DDL no 2801) governing the informed consent to medical treatments, which also allows individuals to express their wishes on medical treatments in the...more

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Obama Signs 21st Century Cures Act, Adding $6.3 Billion For Medical Research

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The Cures Act aims to increase the speed by which new drugs are brought to market by streamlining clinical trials, allowing the use of patient data in the regulatory review process, and modernizing U.S. Food and Drug...more

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