FDA Announces New Draft Guidance on the Use of Electronic Records

The new draft guidance entitled Use of Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures in Clinical Investigations under 21 CFR Part 11 — Questions and Answers, “clarifies, updates and expands upon” a draft guidance issued in 2003 and “provides recommendations to sponsors, clinical investigators, IRBs, CROs, and other interested parties on the use of electronic records and…

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Help With BPCA, PREA, Initial Pediatric Study Plans (iPSP), Deferral and Waiver Requests

As pharmaceutical consultants engaged in the compilation and submission of marketing applications, we are frequently called upon by our clients to address all or part of their BPCA and PREA needs. This paper is meant to serve as a review and primer for anyone at the Pre-IND stage or who is confronted with the need…

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FDA Creates New Opportunity in Generic Drug Development

Recent events have occurred within FDA that promise to bring previously unavailable therapeutically equivalent generic drug formulations to the U.S. market.  Patients, prescribers, pharmacists and generic manufacturers all stand to gain from these initiatives: On June 21, new FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced (in FDA Voice) that “Too many patients are being priced out of…

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FDA Publishes List of Off-Patent/Off-Exclusivity Drugs Without Generic Competition

“Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking two new, important steps to increase competition in the market for prescription drugs and facilitate entry of lower-cost alternatives. The agency published a list of off-patent, off-exclusivity branded drugs without approved generics, and also implemented, for the first time, a new policy to expedite the review of generic…

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American Medical Association Seeks Inclusion of Drug Prices in DTC Ads

June 9 – FiercePharma reports “AMA aims at DTC ads again, this time to push inclusion of drug prices…Physicians attending the AMA annual conference in Chicago this weekend will again turn their attention to DTC ads with a new proposal to push drugmakers to list retail pricing, much like automakers do…Resolution 236 was introduced by New England medical societies from Connecticut,…

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