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The use of FDA’s checklist-like cover letter attachments for controlled correspondence and generic drug submissions are voluntary, the agency emphasized in a final guidance released Monday. Read More
A new FDA pilot program to quickly advance gene therapies for rare diseases will use several elements of the Operation Warp Speed medical product development program for COVID-19 products, said CBER Director Peter Marks at the FDA Regulatory Education for Industry (REdI) Annual Conference on Monday. Read More
The FDA published multiple guidances on Friday to help sponsors conduct drug-drug interaction studies for therapeutic proteins, develop drugs for treating bladder pain syndrome, nonclinical evaluation of drug immunotoxic potential and request feedback from agency officials on device submissions under the Q-Submission program. Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sent back to a lower court two cases involving a pair of supermarkets accused of overcharging the federal government for prescription drugs in violation of the False Claims Act. Read More
Expanding on the clinical development of migraine drugs, the FDA has published a new draft guidance on development of drugs to prevent migraine to complement its current guidance on developing drugs to treat migraine. Read More
Face-to-face FDA meetings may have a hybrid component beginning June 12, focusing on “having only core participants with a primary speaking role in person while others join virtually” to avoid overcrowding of conference rooms as FDA staff return to on-site work. Read More
CDER’s Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology (OSE) 2022 Annual Report showed the total number of adverse event (AE) reports rose slightly from 2.23 million in 2021 to 2.34 million, capturing patient adverse reactions along with medication error reports and product quality complaints. Read More
The FDA’s long-awaited draft guidance on decentralized trials (DCT) is finally out and industry experts say that while the guidance has done many things right, recommendations on how sponsors monitor remote locations, such as in patients’ homes, may draw industry pushback. Read More
The FDA has proposed a rule to require sponsors of all new — and already-approved — outpatient prescription drugs and blood products to create a single-page Prescription Medication Information (PMI) sheet explaining how to use the drug, its benefits and its potential risks in plain, easy-to-understand language. Read More
The House Energy and Commerce Committee marked up and advanced a bill last week that would improve cost transparency for pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) by requiring that hospitals provide patients with itemized lists for “shoppable services,” including the amount the hospital has negotiated with third-party payers for such services. Read More
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), along with the regulatory authorities of three member nations, is starting a one-year pilot to test the use of electronic product information (ePI) for human medicines in the EU. Read More
The FDA issued four guidance documents on Thursday covering a variety of topics, including efficacy endpoints for antidiabetic drugs, adjusting for covariates in randomized clinical trials, electronic submission of study data and tissue containment systems used during power morcellation procedures.Read More