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 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
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
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
FDA’s January 3, 2024, Federal Register notice soliciting comments on the agency’s plan to implement best practices for guidance development got me thinking. What do the data show regarding FDA’s performance in moving...more
ACI’s FDA Boot Camp – now in its 42nd iteration – continues to provide the working knowledge of core essentials of FDA law and regulation, including the new amendments under the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA). This...more
Despite continued perceived economic headwinds, cutting edge research continues to provide new opportunities for life saving therapies for patients. However, early development programs for advanced medicines using innovative...more
On September 29, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or "agency") announced the opportunity for a limited number of sponsors to participate in a new pilot program called Support for clinical Trials Advancing Rare...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published new draft guidance on “Regulatory Considerations for Prescription Drug Use-Related Software” (PDS Guidance), which describes how FDA intends to apply its drug labeling...more
ACI’s FDA Boot Camp is back in Boston! This essential training course – now in its 41st iteration – continues to provide the working knowledge of core essentials of FDA law and regulation, including the new amendments under...more
On May 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a discussion paper, “Using Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in the Development of Drug & Biological Products.” The paper is a collaboration between...more
On March 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a framework to guide regulatory decision-making on the use of digital health technologies (DHT) in clinical drug trials. DHTs include a wide array of...more
On Thursday, March 23, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the publication of the “Framework for the Use of Digital Health Technologies in Drug and Biological Product Development” (Framework) by the Center...more
The COVID-19 pandemic presented the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) with a monumental task of shifting its operations and the way it approached the regulation of critical drugs, medical devices, and biologic...more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new draft guidance, Considerations for the Design and Conduct of Externally Controlled Trials for Drug and Biological Products (the “External Controls Draft Guidance”), that...more
Hosted by American Conference Institute, the FDA Boot Camp returns for its 40th iteration with the continued intent of providing the working knowledge of core essentials of FDA law and regulation, including the new amendments...more
Through nearly 19 years, ACI’s FDA Boot Camp has been the training grounds for life sciences attorneys and executives to master the fundamentals of FDA regulation. Don’t miss your opportunity to join their ranks....more
On May 27, 2022, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (“HELP”) Committee leaders introduced the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 (“FDASLA Act of 2022”), which, if passed,...more
Under FDA's leadership, the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) recently published Q13 draft guidelines on continuous manufacturing (CM) to advance the brand and generic drug industries ability to obtain approvals...more
The COVID-19 pandemic presents ongoing challenges to the pharmaceutical and biologics industries, where in-person inspection of facilities is often required for FDA approval of applications to market drug or biological...more
Clinical trial sponsors and principal investigators can consider themselves on notice that the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is poised to ramp up enforcement activity relating to responsible parties’ obligations regarding...more
On April 27, 2020, Representatives Fred Upton (R-Michigan) and Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) released a “concept paper” to build on the success of the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 114-255) and improve the country’s...more