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FDA may not always require post-approval trials to be enrolled before accelerated approvals
30 January 2023 - A FDa official on Monday gave more clues for how the agency plans to wield new authority ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jan 2023
The 4 biggest questions about the FDA’s forthcoming changes to accelerated approvals
25 January 2023 - Congress just boosted the FDA’s authority over the post-market clinical trials that are a condition of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2023
FDA’s breakthrough program: faster drug OKs without sacrificing safety
18 January 2023 - A FDA program markedly cut the time and cost of bringing to market new drugs, without ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2023
Prescription drug policy, 2022 and 2023: the year in review and the year ahead
9 January 2023 - This past year featured many significant developments in the prescription drug policy area, most notably the passage ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Nov 2022
FDA cancer chief wants quicker ways to pull failed drugs
17 November 2022 - Makena highlights need to make system more nimble. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2022
Gottlieb, McClellan push for FDA regulatory reforms
14 October 2022 - The decision by law makers to drop regulatory reforms of dietary supplements, cosmetics and diagnostic tests from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Sep 2022
The on- and off-ramps of oncology accelerated approval
21 September 2022 - To address ongoing concerns about the implementation of the FDA’s accelerated approval pathway in oncology, a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2022
Accelerated approval of cancer drugs: no economic reward for drug makers that conduct confirmatory trials
17 August 2022 - The FDA uses expedited approval of drugs to speed the development and assessment of drugs that address ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2022
Expediency versus efficacy: re-examining the FDA’s accelerated drug approval process
23 June 2022 - It was precisely 30 years ago, in 1992, that the FDA established the accelerated approval program ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2022
Accelerated approval: unfulfilled promises for FDA’s expedited review program
27 May 2022 - As practicing physicians, approval by the U.S. FDA reassures us that the treatments we prescribe our patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 May 2022
Congress moves toward reforming FDA accelerated approvals, but with pharma friendly concessions
4 May 2022 - House lawmakers are moving a little closer toward cracking down on drugmakers that game the FDA’s ...
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 17 Mar 2022
Panel scrutinises quick FDA drug approvals
17 March 2022 - A House committee will spotlight an FDA process that’s been criticised as putting some of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Feb 2022
Office of Generic Drugs 2021 Annual Report
14 February 2022 - Ensuring high quality, affordable generic drugs are available to the American public. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2022
FDA approved more first in class drugs, gave more accelerated approvals in 2021
7 January 2022 - The US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research approved 50 new drug therapies ...