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Feds Continue to Reform Approach to Regulation of Biotech Products

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Our Food & Beverage and FDA teams explore a plan from a trio of federal agencies that seeks to implement regulatory reform and update the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology....more

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Spotlight on Greater China: antitrust and regulatory risks in life sciences distribution channels

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As part of a new Asia-Pacific (APAC) Life Sciences and Health Care webinar program designed both for companies with commercial interests in APAC and for companies based in the region, Hogan Lovells is hosting a special...more

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Minimizing the Fallout from Increasing FDA Clinical Holds

With medical and scientific advances progressing at an exponential pace, FDA appears to be taking a more aggressive stance in imposing clinical holds on studies where adverse events are reported. Over the last several years,...more

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UK Life Sciences and Healthcare Newsletter- December 2020: Regulatory Updates

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Medicines and Medical Devices Bill (MMDB) – The MMDB is intended to act as the primary UK legislation specifying powers that would enable the regulatory regimes for human medicines, clinical trials, veterinary medicines and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Digital Health in the United Kingdom: The New Regulatory Environment Under the Medical Device Regulation

The MDR and other recent developments in the health care regulatory landscape pose new opportunities and challenges for medical software companies and investors in digital health in the United Kingdom. Although the regulatory...more

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China: Survival of the Fittest or Cheapest?

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The past year is set to be a milestone year for China’s pharmaceutical regulatory reform as the newly formed National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) continues to aggressively cut back on red tape for new drug...more

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FDA publishes final guidance on ANDA/505(b)(2) NDA pathways

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On Thursday, FDA published the final guidance document, “Determining Whether to Submit an ANDA or a 505(b)(2) Application” that contains minor revisions to the October 2017 draft guidance. ...more

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New Brexit Q&A provides several examples in relation to the “placing on the EU market” of products including medical devices

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On 1 February 2019, the European Commission published a new Q&A document to give further guidance on the Notice to stakeholders-withdrawal of the United Kingdom and EU rules in the field of industrial products (“the Notice”)....more

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A new year, a new disclosure: ICMJE requires registrations for clinical trials beginning in 2019 to include disclosure of data...

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Clinical trials starting patient enrollment this year must include a "data sharing plan" in their trial registrations (such as on ClinicalTrials.gov), according to a policy published by the International Committee of Medical...more

Knobbe Martens

Updates to the Law on Cloning

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It was recently reported that China had successfully cloned a 12-year old schnauzer — the most recent of over 20 dog breeds successfully cloned by the nation so far. "Doudou" the schnauzer was cloned through somatic cell...more

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HMA-EMA’s work programme on availability of authorised medicines for human and veterinary use includes measures for Brexit

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On 23 August 2018, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA), the network of the National Competent Authorities in the European Economic Area (EEA), published the work programme of their...more

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FDA proposes streamlining combination product regulations

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On May 15, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed amending its product classification rules for combination products, found in 21 CFR Part 3. Generally, the proposed rule purports to clarify language in the...more

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Institutional Review Board “Checklist” offers tool to help protect clinical trial participants

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On May 17, HHS’s Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) and FDA issued a joint, final guidance on written procedures for institutional review boards (IRBs). ...more

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Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons - 2018

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Innovation in the life sciences and health care industries is occurring at a dizzying pace. Five years ago, anti-PD-1 antibodies from Merck and BMS had yet to be approved, CAR-T therapies were still in small-scale clinical...more

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UK Parliamentary Committee Publishes Life Sciences Brexit Negotiation Recommendations

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The UK House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has published the findings of its six-month long investigation into the impact of Brexit on medicines, medical devices and substances of human origin. ...more

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Clinical trials: Digital technology for recruitment, consent, and data capture

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The conduct of clinical trials still relies heavily on the use of paper documents. Of course, electronic case report forms (eCRF) have been commonly used for many years – the medical information on a patient that is...more

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UK Government Announces Life Sciences Sector Deal

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The UK government has published a White Paper setting out its new Industrial Strategy and, as part of that strategy, has agreed a Sector Deal with the UK life sciences sector. ...more

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EMAmsterdam: Hogan Lovells welcomes its new neighbour

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By Hein van den Bos, Ruth Franken and Silvia Gardini After months of discussion, a final vote has been cast on the European Medicines Agency (EMA)'s new home post-Brexit. And it's right around the corner from us, here in...more

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The commission assessment – a decision-making aid for EMA's relocation?

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Last week, a staff retention survey was published, according to which certain contestants in the race for hosting the EMA were less liked by the EMA staff. And now the decision-making progress is going forward....more

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