Statement from FDA Commissioner on FDA’s new strategic framework to advance use of real-world evidence to support development of drugs and biologics

6 December 2018 - The health care system is integrating more effective ways to leverage electronic tools to gather and use ...

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Statement from FDA Commissioner on the FDA’s new effort for developing and class labelling of in vitro companion diagnostics for classes of oncology therapeutic products

6 December 2018 - One challenge we face right now, when it comes to developing diagnostics that can help target ...

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FDA publishes post CRL guidance for generic companies

4 December 2018 - The US FDA has published final guidance for the generics industry on post-complete response letter meetings. ...

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Data from patient registries to replace clinical trials in previously untreated haemophilia patients

30 November 2018 - EMA has published revised guidelines on the tests and studies needed to support marketing authorisation applications ...

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Revised guideline to assess risk of human medicines for the environment

30 November 2018 - EMA has published a PDF revision of its guideline on the environmental risk assessment ...

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No matter what the FDA decides, new diabetes drugs will still require CV outcomes trials

6 November 2018 - At one time, Avandia (generic name: rosiglitazone) was a major diabetes drug for GSK with sales exceeding ...

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Advancing toward the goal of global approval for generic drugs: FDA proposes critical first steps to harmonise the global scientific and technical standards for generic drugs

18 October 2018 - Too many Americans struggle with the high cost of drugs. In some cases, patients go without ...

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FDA guides on minimal residual disease endpoint in haematologic cancer trials

16 October 2018 - FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb highlighted minimal residual disease's potential as a surrogate endpoint in clinical trials ...

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FDA issues 54 product-specific guidances to promote generic drug access and drug price competition

13 September 2018 - The U.S. FDA today announced a new set of product-specific guidances to support industry in identifying ...

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Statement by FDA Commissioner on new steps to advance the development of evidence-based, indication-specific guidelines to help guide appropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics

22 August 2018 - As we all work to confront the staggering human and economic toll created by the opioid crisis, ...

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Health Canada proposes ‘pause the clock’ mechanism for pre-market submissions

15 August 2018 - Health Canada recently released for consultation a plan to establish a mechanism that allows for the ...

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Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on new steps the agency is taking to support the development of novel nicotine replacement drug therapies to help smokers quit cigarettes

3 August 2018 - As a public health agency, there is no greater impact we can have to improve the ...

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Scientist invented a new pathway to approve biosimilars, and the FDA is listening

25 July 2018 - In an extraordinary move, the FDA has withdrawn the draft guidance, "Statistical Approaches to Evaluate Analytical Similarity,” ...

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Statement from FDA Commissioner on agency’s efforts to encourage the development of and broaden access to generic versions of opioid analgesics that are formulated to deter abuse

20 July 2018 - One of the ways that the U.S. FDA is working to address the opioid epidemic is ...

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FDA provides scientific and regulatory clarity for generic drug developers through the issuance of 43 new or revised product-specific guidance documents, including hard-to-copy complex generics and abuse-deterrent formulations of opioids

20 July 2018 - The U.S. FDA today announced a new batch of product-specific guidances to support industry in identifying ...

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