The U.S. FDA has posted another draft version of the intended use rule, this time with a fix for the so-called knowledge problem. This latest draft would eliminate mere knowledge of off-label use as a trigger for amendments to the product label, a provision the agency said in a Sept. 22 statement will “provide greater certainty and predictability for regulated parties.”
While the ultimate goal is increased diversity in clinical trials so as to improve health equity, a great start is making diversity a priority and a part of the research plan, Luther Clark, deputy chief patient officer at Merck & Co. Inc., said during an FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity webinar Sept. 22.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: New TGA service to ease the burden of biowaivers; FDA formalizes outside experts program; FDA unveils Digital Health Center of Excellence; FDA updates clinical trial guidance.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: ADC, BMS, Crispr, Emmetrope, Genocea, Knight, Lilly, Medeor, Mustang, Nicox, Ocumension, Redhill, Therapeuticsmd, UCB, Vertex.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Alexion, Ampio, Arca, Astrazeneca, Crinetics, I-Mab, Merck, Otsuka, Harbour and Liminal.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: CDER lays out public speech rules for staff; Health Canada opens quicker path for COVID-19 drugs; EMA OKs COVID-19 use of dexamethasone.
While COVID-19 is responsible for about 14% of the regulatory data collected by BioWorld in 2020 and even though numerous clinical trials have suffered delays, the pandemic does not appear to have slowed the pace of the FDA’s approval process.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Agenus, BMS, Eisai, GSK, I-Mab, Junshi, Lilly, Medimetriks, Menarini, Morphosys, Pacira, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Sobi, Vertex.
Spurred by reports of biopharma executives exercising stock options in conjunction with announcements about COVID-19 vaccine developments and government contracts, U.S. lawmakers want to close the loopholes that make such actions legal.
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