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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 05 May 2022
FDA Commissioner Califf says business of health is booming in U.S. but patients’ outcomes aren’t improving
4 May 2022 - At a hearing last month, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf pointed to the fact that the U.S. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 May 2022
FDA's use of adcomms prior to drug approval decreased over the last decade
3 May 2022 - Between 2011 and 2021, the U.S. FDA decreased the use of advisory committees before approving drugs from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2022
Will the shadow of Aduhelm cloud FDA’s decision-making on an ALS therapy?
21 April 2022 - On March 30, an FDA advisory panel voted 6 to 4 against recommending approval of what ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2022
What counts as a breakthrough? 8 insights on the FDA’s approach to medical devices.
21 April 2022 - The word breakthrough carries a kind of weight: it’s a dramatic step forward, a critical advance in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2022
Extrapolation of drug indications from study populations by FDA is ‘common’
19 April 2022 - Extrapolation of indications in new drug approvals by the U.S. FDA to populations not originally studied ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Apr 2022
Medicare’s decision not to fund Aduhelm changes landscape for US pharma industry
19 April 2022 - The decision by the agency responsible for Medicare to restrict coverage of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Apr 2022
Committee releases report uncovering significant conflicts of interest at McKinsey related to work for FDA and opioid manufacturers
13 April 2022 - Chairwoman Maloney calls on McKinsey’s global managing partner to testify at public hearing. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Apr 2022
FDA takes important steps to increase racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials
13 April 2022 - Agency’s focus on inclusion in trials for all medical products aligns with Biden Administration’s cancer moonshot goal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Apr 2022
Pear Therapeutics receives safer technologies program designation from FDA for product candidate to treat acute and chronic pain
13 April 2022 - Pear Therapeutics today announced it has received safer technologies program for medical devices designation from the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2022
It’s time to fix the FDA by breaking it up
11 April 2022 - A new investigation about the agency’s failures underscores the need for a separate agency to keep our ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2022
A review of patient reported outcome labelling of FDA approved new drugs (2016-2020): counts, categories and comprehensibility
8 April 2022 - A review of new drug approvals by the U.S. FDA for 2006 to 2015 showed that approximately ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2022
Alzheimer's drug makers seek accelerated FDA review despite U.S. coverage decision
8 April 2022 - Eisai and Eli Lilly on Friday said they still plan to seek accelerated U.S. approval for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2022
‘Precedents are important’: Aduhelm coverage restrictions could shape the future of accelerated approval
9 April 2022 - Whither accelerated approval? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2022
Joint statement from CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf on ensuring access to safe and effective treatments
8 April 2022 - Ensuring the availability of innovative interventions for people is a shared priority for both the CMS and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2022
Some hoped FDA approval of Pfizer's COVID vaccine would convince unvaccinated Americans. It didn't, study finds.
6 April 2022 - After the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine in August, public health experts were ...