Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: FDA issues guidance for conducting clinical trials

18 March 2020 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a guidance for industry, investigators and institutional review ...

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FDA finalises guidance for industry on applications for drugs with inadequate generic competition

13 March 2020 - Today, the U.S. FDA finalised guidance for industry, “Competitive Generic Therapies” (CGTs), which describes the process that ...

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FDA proposes broad approach for conducting safety trials for type 2 diabetes medications

9 March 2020 - The U.S. FDA today issued a new draft guidance, “Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Evaluating the Safety ...

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Reformatting Product Information: frequently asked questions

6 March 2020 - A new product information form was approved on 8 November 2017, with a commencement date of ...

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Biosimilars and interchangeable biosimilars: licensure for fewer than all conditions of use for which the reference product has been licensed guidance for industry

5 February 2020 - This guidance provides recommendations to applicants seeking licensure under section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act ...

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FDA continues strong support of innovation in development of gene therapy products

28 January 2020 - This is a pivotal time in the field of gene therapy as the FDA continues its ...

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Beyond “Intent‐to‐treat” and “Per protocol”: improving assessment of treatment effects in clinical trials through the specification of an estimand

27 December 2019 - There is a key problem in randomised clinical trials as outcomes can be distorted due to ...

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FDA issues draft guidance to foster oncology product development for paediatric populations

12 December 2019 - Today, the U.S. FDA issued a draft guidance document, “FDARA Implementation Guidance for Pediatric Studies of ...

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Adaptive design clinical trials for drugs and biologics guidance for industry

29 November 2019 - This document provides guidance to sponsors and applicants submitting investigational new drug applications, new drug applications, biologics ...

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ICER finalises method adaptations for assessing potential cures and other high-impact single or short-term therapies

12 November 2019 - Collaborative project with NICE and CADTH leads to important adaptations for ICER’s methods including creation of optimistic ...

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Roche app allows access to latest cancer guidelines

21 October 2019 - Roche has launched an app allowing access to the latest guidelines covering the most common forms ...

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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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