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The FDA has issued final guidance on charging for investigational new drugs in clinical trials, offering a minor update to its recommendations. In addition, the agency has published new draft and revised product-specific guidances and extended the comment period for its guidance on trial master protocols. Read More
The presentation and accuracy of medical information through traditional and social media — and even the headlines that accompany it — directly impact the nation’s health, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf told a gathering of reporters Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Read More
With the composition, practice and utilization of data monitoring committees (DMC) changing considerably over the years, the FDA has published a new draft guidance on their use in clinical trials that will modernize its advice on the subject. Read More
FTC and HHS are jointly seeking more intel on how the practices of two types of pharmaceutical drug middlemen — group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and drug wholesalers — may be contributing to generic drug shortages. Read More
Two online marketers of semaglutide (Wegovy/Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) received FDA warning letters for selling the unapproved, untested drugs to consumers through their websites. Read More
A federal judge in Texas has handed the Biden administration a win in its quest to control Medicare drug pricing, dismissing a lawsuit that challenged the legality of negotiating Medicare drug prices as required by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Read More
The FDA’s draft guidance on its Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) pathway would be restrictive to manufacturers in the cell and gene therapy spaces, the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine and the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy said in filed comments. Read More
Wayne Pines, Senior Director at APCO Worldwide, a former associate commissioner of the FDA, and a member of the FDAnews Editorial Board, reviews the FDA’s recent actions related to marketing of drug products both to healthcare professionals and to consumers. Read More