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Maynard Nexsen

Episode 185: America’s Bioeconomy with Sarah Glaven, White House Research Biologist

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Recorded at SCbio’s 2024 annual conference, hosts Heather and Matthew welcome Sarah Glaven, a research biologist and the Assistant Director of Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing for The White House Office of Science and...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 168: Christine Harhaj, Senior Director of Advocacy &...

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Recorded at NC Life Sciences Organization’s 2023 annual meeting, hosts Heather and Matthew welcome Christine Harhaj, the Senior Director for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). They have an...more

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Common FDA Bioresearch Monitoring Violations: Updates from FY 2022 to Now

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The Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) Program, operated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), conducts on-site inspections and data audits in order to effectively monitor the compliance of all FDA-regulated research....more

McDermott Will & Emery

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials for Drugs, Biological Products and Devices

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Over the past few years, the life sciences and healthcare industries have experienced a notable increase in focus and interest in decentralized clinical trials (DCTs), in which some or all of the trial-related activities...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

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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FDA explains how to use secondary endpoints in clinical trials to show efficacy

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently finalized the guidance “Multiple Endpoints in Clinical Trials,” which advises drug sponsors on how to separate analyses of primary endpoints – which are critical to showing...more

Morgan Lewis - As Prescribed

Executive Order Outlines New Federal Biotechnology/Manufacturing Goals

President Joseph Biden issued an “Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy” (EO) on September 12. Under this EO, the president aims to...more

White & Case LLP

Healthcare M&A on track to set new record in 2021

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Heightened interest in medical suppliers, contract research organizations and biotech firms resulted in an impressive year for healthcare dealmaking- Dealmaking within the pharma, medical and biotech sector continued from...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Ticked Tabby Cats and Their Genetic Bases Elucidated

The domestic cat has been the subject of much study, recently involving its genetic structure, genomic DNA sequence, and comparisons with other felines.  The first such study was published in 2014, when an international...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2020 Life Sciences Securities Litigation Roundup

2020 Filings While there was a more than 20 percent decline in the number of securities class actions filed in 2020 (approximately 330 cases) as compared to 2019 (approximately 430 cases), the percentage of cases filed...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

3 Ways COVD-19 Has Impacted Clinical Trials in the US

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an immense impact on clinical trials in the US. Many clinical trials have been suspended or stopped due to the demands of the pandemic. Not only does interruption of these trials leave...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Epigenetic Changes Implicated in Age-related Diminution in Vision and Its Possible Reversal

The Fountain of Youth -- an enduring aspiration, particularly as the ravages of age reduce human faculties prior to leading inexorably to death.  Reduction in sight is the human faculty that can have the greatest effect on...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Can a Breath Test Diagnose Head and Neck Cancer?

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Clinical manifestations of head and neck cancers often occur only after the disease has reached an advanced stage. Development of new technology for earlier diagnosis is of critical importance. Since the nasopharynx, base of...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Food for Thought: How to Keep Clinical Trials Going During the Pandemic

Over the past few months, several clients have alerted us to the delayed or discontinued status of their clinical trials due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies typically conducted in physicians’ offices, clinics, or hospitals...more

Hogan Lovells

EU Clinical Trials Regulation to apply from December 2021

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On 12 June 2020, the management board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced December 2021 as the date of entry into application of the EU Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS). ...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

A Therapeutic Solution for COVID-19: Repurposing Existing Drugs

For decades, antiviral drugs have been used to combat viral infections, including HIV/AIDS and influenza. Now they are a source of hope in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic....more

Troutman Pepper

FDA Issues Guidance On Clinical Trial Conduct During COVID-19

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On March 18, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance in recognition of the extraordinary challenges that have impacted ongoing medical research in light of the coronavirus pandemic. “FDA Guidance on Conduct of...more

Morgan Lewis

Back to the Future but Still in Flux: Court Finds Law Requires ClinicalTrials.gov Posting of Ten Additional Years of Additional...

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The US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a potentially significant opinion with respect to ClinicalTrials.gov results posting on February 24. If upheld, clinical study sponsors and investigators may...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In Advance of NIH Action, Stakeholders Seek Harassment Database, Services for Victims

Report on Research Compliance 16, no. 12 (December 2019) - An independent federal office should be established to address “substantiated claims of sexual misconduct,” investigators should disclose related findings against...more

Hogan Lovells

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

Knobbe Martens

The Passage of the 21st Century Cures Act by Congress will produce Sweeping Changes to the Biotech, Medical Device,...

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The December 8, 2016 passage of the 21st Century Cures Act by Congress is expected to lead to sweeping changes to the biotech, medical device and health industries and streamline the regulatory system for approval of both...more

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