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Regulators, sponsors and clinical investigators wrestled with trial data transparency and reporting requirements for the second year in a row, with the European Medicines Agency trying to pin down the most effective ways to require sponsors to share the results of their studies. U.S. officials were primarily concerned with stimulating development of new antibiotics, encouraging sponsors and investigators to more deeply analyze subgroup outcomes and promoting the use of biomarkers in drug trials. Read More
An updated FDA guide on electronically submitting clinical study data, released last month, clarifies a number of requirements for preparing data sets and reviewers’ guides. Read More
Last year saw major strides in increasing transparency around clinical trial data in the EU and trial safety and compensation in India. An international group also set the gears in motion for a harmonized guideline on multiregional clinical studies.Read More
Drug recalls increased for the third straight year, with companies pulling six percent more products in 2014 than the year before and foreign particles being the top culprit. Read More
A federal judge tossed out a liability lawsuit filed against brandmakers Wyeth and Alaven Pharmaceuticals, saying they were not responsible for the death of a patient who took generic Reglan not made by the companies. Read More
With the launch of the FDA’s new Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, all ANDA filers are now eligible for the OPQ’s new real-time communications program – the quick-turnaround method the agency will use to resolve minor questions about chemistry, manufacturing and controls during ANDA reviews. Read More
The FDA plans to consolidate its 16 districts overseeing pharmaceutical imports into just four or five under a reorganization plan designed to make inspection policies and procedures more uniform across all ports of entry. Read More
The FDA has named Kathleen Uhl permanent director of the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD), where she has served as acting director since March 2013. Read More
The Institute of Medicine is calling on clinical trial sponsors and governments to develop plans for substantially greater sharing of clinical trial data. Read More
The UK’s health cost-benefit watchdog is recommending Gilead Sciences’ blockbuster hepatitis C cure, Sovaldi, be offered through the National Health Service to patients with three additional types of hepatitis C beginning in July. Read More
The FDA is asking drugmakers to evaluate all new psychoactive and other drugs for their potential to impair a patient’s driving ability and provide warning labelling if needed. Read More