FDA cuts red tape in diagnosis applications for cancer trials

10 October 2019 - Drug companies developing cancer treatments can fold the risk assessment of unapproved screening tests into their ...

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FDA issues draft guidance on patient-focused drug development: methods to identify what is important to patients

30 September 2019 - Today the U.S. FDA issued a draft guidance on Patient-Focused Drug Development: Methods to Identify What Is ...

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Interacting with the FDA on complex innovative trial designs for drugs and biological products

20 September 2019 - This document provides guidance to sponsors and applicants on interacting with the FDA on complex innovative trial ...

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FDA seeks input on product-specific guidances to facilitate generic drug development

16 September 2019 - Today, FDA published 53 product-specific guidances (PSGs) – 34 new guidances and 19 revised guidances, including ...

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FDA urges inclusion of men in breast cancer clinical trials

28 August 2019 - Men with breast cancer make up less than one percent of all breast cancer cases, but ...

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Placebos and blinding in randomised controlled cancer clinical trials for drug and biological products: guidance for industry

28 August 2019 - This guidance provides recommendations to industry about the use of placebos and blinding in randomised controlled clinical ...

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FDA encourages inclusion of male patients in breast cancer clinical trials

26 August 2019 - The draft guidance, Male Breast Cancer: Developing Drugs for Treatment, includes draft recommendations for inclusion of males ...

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FDA issues draft guidance regarding clinical trial design for newborns

31 July 2019 - Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the draft guidance, General Clinical Pharmacology Considerations for Neonatal ...

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FDA updates draft guidance on rare paediatric disease priority review voucher program

29 July 2019 - The U.S. FDA today issued a revised draft guidance, Rare Paediatric Disease Priority Review Vouchers – ...

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FDA reinforces need for applicants to submit thorough and timely safety information for combination medical products

22 July 2019 - Today, the U.S. FDA released a final guidance, “Post-marketing Safety Reporting for Combination Products,” for applicants ...

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FDA takes new step to help advance the transition of certain biological products

27 June 2019 - Today the U.S. FDA issued a proposed rule to amend its regulations on the use of master ...

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FDA takes steps to spark development of heart failure drugs

27 June 2019 - The draft guidance, Treatment for Heart Failure: Endpoints for Drug Development, when finalised, will describe the agency’s ...

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FDA replaces withdrawn biosimilar guidance with new one on quality-related considerations

21 May 2019 - A week after finalizing guidance on developing interchangeable biosimilars, the US FDA has drafted guidance for ...

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Framework for the regulation of regenerative medicine products

21 May 2019 - The U.S. FDA has published four final guidance documents that are part of a comprehensive policy framework ...

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Considerations in demonstrating interchangeability with a reference product guidance for industry

9 May 2019 - This guidance is intended to assist sponsors in demonstrating that a proposed therapeutic protein product is interchangeable ...

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