In recent weeks, the FDA has faced significant cuts, including the layoffs of probationary employees. These employees, many of whom had been hired to fill roles left by retirees or to bolster the agency’s staffing during the...more
On December 5, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a much anticipated draft guidance for industry on accelerated approval that provides additional clarity on FDA’s expectations for accelerated approval...more
On December 12, 2024, FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) announced a new CDER Center for Real-World Evidence Innovation (CCRI). The CCRI is intended to serve as the focal point to promote more efficient and...more
The life sciences industry is well positioned for growth in 2025, fueled by strong investor interest and technological advancements, especially in AI. Life sciences venture capital (VC) funding and IPOs have picked up in...more
We bring you Vital Signs, a curated, one-stop resource on the most notable digital health law updates from our U.S. and global contributors. In Industry Insights, we present a timely discussion about increasing litigation and...more
Roughly one out of every ten people in the United States are affected by rare diseases. Many of these conditions are life‑threatening, and most lack FDA-approved treatments. Developing therapies for rare diseases, however, is...more
FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) recently announced a pilot program to provide consumers and health care professionals with key information about clinical trials that supported the FDA’s approval of new...more
Even the best company is not perfect. Mix ups, mathematical errors, transposing numbers, forgetting to sign a batch production, a supplier mix-up, or any one of an almost infinite potential glitches in the very complex...more
Biosimilar Litigations include litigations relating to biosimilar/follow-on products of CDER-listed reference products. Litigations between biosimilar applicants/manufacturers and reference product sponsors as well as...more
On August 6, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) held a joint workshop to explore “Artificial Intelligence in Drug & Biological Product Development.” The workshop...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a revision of its final guidance on “Application User Fees for Combination Products,” replacing guidance of the same name from 2005. The revision modernizes the guidance...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is all about hard science, and correlation of variables is not evidence of causation. To make a regulatory decision, FDA has long held that line, requiring evidence of actual occurrences...more
The Supreme Court’s decision in June 2024 in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless Inc. v. Department of Commerce to overrule the Chevron doctrine has major implications for every administrative agency,...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published its criteria for reporting on the use of real-world evidence (RWE) in drug and biologic submissions, as part of its commitments under the Prescription Drug User...more
Is It Necessary for Congress to Amend the FD&C Act for FDA to Have the Authority to Prohibit Tianeptine’s Sale? If the answer to this question is “no,” why are bills being introduced into Congress to give the U.S. Food and...more
Building on CDER's efforts to modernize clinical trials, C3TI will support innovative approaches to clinical trial design and conduct....more
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. This week's topics include:...more
On May 31, 2024, the FDA announced initiation of the Support for Clinical Trials Advancing Rare Disease Therapeutics (“START”) pilot program. The START program, led by the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (“CBER”)...more
Given data integrity issues that have been uncovered in the past, in April 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance to applicants and testing site management on providing recommendations on...more
On April 15, 2024, the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced the establishment of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Center for Clinical Trial Innovation (C3TI). C3TI will serve as the central support...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
n March 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a paper titled “Artificial Intelligence and Medical Products: How CBER, CDER, CDRH, and OCP are Working Together.” This paper describes the FDA’s strategy for...more
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), and Office of Combination...more
On March 15, 2024, FDA published a white paper titled “Artificial Intelligence & Medical Products: How CBER, CDER, CDRH, and OCP are Working Together” (the AI White Paper) on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) across the...more