Developing real-world data and evidence to support regulatory decision-making

26 August 2019 - On 3 October, the FDA and the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy will hold a conference, ...

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Former FDA Commissioners seek to expand use of RWE in regulatory, payment decisions

21 August 2019 - A new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center makes recommendations to expand the use of real-world ...

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The evolution of real world studies

9 August 2019 - The use of real-world evidence is evolving quickly. ...

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The FDA disagrees with its own expert panels how often?

15 July 2019 - As the FDA grapples with rising pressure to approve new medicines more quickly, a new analysis ...

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Reforming the Orphan Drug Act for the 21st century

11 July 2019 - The pharmaceutical market has undergone radical changes, including markedly increased prices for rare-disease drugs.  ...

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A Supreme Court ruling may have made it harder to get some info from the FDA

9 July 2019 - Anyone seeking certain information about a medicine from the FDA may have a harder time getting ...

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FDA chief Scott Gottlieb warns 'we have many hard decisions ahead of us' if government shutdown persists

18 January 2019 - "We are in uncharted territory. This is a watershed moment in the life of this agency," he ...

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Using health technology assessment to assess the value of new medicines: results of a systematic review and expert consultation across eight European countries

23 January 2018 - Although health technology assessment systems base their decision making process either on economic evaluations or comparative clinical ...

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New guidance: When can the FDA refuse to file NDAs and BLAs?

10 January 2018 - According to US FDA regulations, the regulatory agency may refuse to file a new drug application ...

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How patient preferences contribute to regulatory decisions for medical devices

25 September 2017 - Since we launched our Patient Preference Initiative as part of our medical device regulatory decision-making process ...

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FDA’s plan to engage the public in the agency’s new effort to strengthen and modernise FDA’s regulatory framework

7 September 2017 - We’re at a moment of extraordinary opportunity to improve the public health. New innovations are giving us ...

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Multidimensional evidence generation and FDA regulatory decision making

22 August 2017 - Evidence linking interventions with health outcomes is the basis for good health care decision making.  ...

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Evidence for health decision making — beyond randomised, controlled trials

2 August 2017 - A core principle of good public health practice is to base all policy decisions on the highest-quality ...

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Multidimensional evidence generation and FDA regulatory decision making defining and using “real-world” data

13 July 2017 - Evidence linking interventions with health outcomes is the basis for good health care decision making.  ...

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Use of big data to improve human and animal health

22 March 2017 - Task force to establish roadmap and recommendations for use of big data in assessment of medicines ...

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